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Richard Osman is an English comedian, television presenter, producer, and author. He is well known as the creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He made his debut in the world of fiction in 2020 with the release of his first novel, The Thursday Murder Club.

Osman was born in Billericay, Essex, and grew up in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. He would go on to Trinity College, Cambridge where he would study Politics and Sociology. He would go on to work as an executive producer on British game shows such as Deal or No Deal. He eventually ended up pitching his idea for Pointless which was accepted by the BBC. Osman wrote his debut novel and it was acquired by Viking Press in a seven-figure deal at a 10-publisher auction in 2019.

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