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Mo Yan

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Paul van Loon

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Mary Beard

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Jon Scieszka

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Mary Jo Buttafuoco

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Andrea Barrett

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Ellen Hopkins

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Chris D'Lacey

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Nancy Butts

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Allison Anders

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29

Michael Gerard Bauer

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David Mason

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DJ MacHale

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Barbara Kingsolver

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Velma Thomas

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Amy Rogers

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Salvatore Calabrese

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Steven Gould

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John Frederick Demartini

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Jay McInerney

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Nancy Alspaugh

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Jean Shafiroff

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William McKeen

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Mary Karr

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George Mastras

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