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Joseph McBride
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Rupert Holmes
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Cherith Baldry
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David Mamet
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Anne Fine
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Lydia Davis
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Stephen R. Donaldson
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Don Bendell
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John C. Maxwell
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Brian Herbert
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Marilyn Hamilton
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Pen Densham
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Pamela Ayres
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Ian Beck
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Guy Rewenig
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Eran Preis
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Gail Carson Levine
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Sarah Smith
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Barbara Wood
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Caroline B. Cooney
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Keith Taylor
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David Adler
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Taylor Branch
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