Given the question: Facts: - notableworks: '' vurt '' series - influences: jorge luis borges , lewis carroll - birth date: yes 1957 - name: jeff noon - birth place: droylsden , greater manchester , england - occupation: novelist , playwright , screenwriter , musician , painter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jeff noon .
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jeff noon -lrb- born 1957 in droylsden , greater manchester , england -rrb- is a novelist , short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy .noon 's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as lewis carroll and jorge luis borges .prior to his relocation in 2000 to brighton , noon set most of his stories in some version of his native city of manchester .