John Fraser is the mayor of the District of Tofino, which is in the middle of Vancouver Island on the west coast, and the terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway.

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John King, chief executive of the House of Fraser, said John Lewis "should come to Belfast instead of Lisburn".

BBC: John Lewis row hits Belfast City Hall

John Fraser, chef at Dovetail in Manhattan, opened a pop-up called What Happens When in February last year, where he and his team tried three culinary concepts.

WSJ: Pop-Ups Are Taking Over the Kitchen

Previous winners of the biography prize include Lytton Strachey, John Buchan, Lady Antonia Fraser and Quentin Bell.

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