Interviews

Interview with Author – Nisha Mohan

Interview with Author – Nisha Mohan

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A Human Resource Professional by the day and a novelist by night, Nisha earned her Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Relations and Economics from Jyoti Nivas College – Bengaluru, India in 2005 and subsequently went on to complete her PGDHRM from Symbiosis, Pune. Writing a novel has always been her dream and with ‘An Unforgettable Holiday’, this is now a reality. A tea connoisseur, Nisha lives in Bangalore, India with her exceptionally calm husband, darling son and supportive in-laws. And when she is not cooking or spending time with her little tyke, you can catch her writing into wee hours from the comfort of her porch.

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Interview with Author – Glynnis Campbell

Interview with Author – Glynnis Campbell

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Glynnis Campbell is a USA Today bestselling author of over two dozen swashbuckling action-adventure historical romances, mostly set in Scotland, and a charter member of The Jewels of Historical Romance — 12 internationally beloved authors. She’s the wife of a rock star and the mother of two young adults, but she’s also been a ballerina, a typographer, a film composer, a piano player, a singer in an all-girl rock band, and a voice in those violent video games you won’t let your kids play. Doing her best writing on cruise ships, in Scottish castles, on her husband’s tour bus, and at home in her sunny southern California garden, Glynnis loves to play medieval matchmaker… transporting readers to a place where the bold heroes have endearing flaws, the women are stronger than they look, the land is lush and untamed, and chivalry is alive and well!

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Interview with Author – Carole Curry

Interview with Author – Carole Curry

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Carole has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and one in religious studies from the University of Wyoming. She works for a non-profit and enjoys mountain life in Wyoming with her husband, kids, and dog. Carole loves cooking, drawing, painting, singing, and any other creative outlet she can pick up. She loves trying to bring to life whatever her imagination dreams up.

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Interview with Author – Erasmo Acosta

Interview with Author – Erasmo Acosta

Erasmo Acosta was born in Cantura, Venezuela, and moved to the United States in 1996 to pursue a software engineering career, sponsored by a small Silicon Valley company. He retired to Portland, Oregon, in 2020 after achieving 32 successful years in the industry. In 2015, Acosta became interested in the implications of the Fermi Paradox as it relates to the prospects of finding another civilization in the universe. Further research into Futurism, upcoming technologies, and the works of American physicist Gerard O’Neill, led him to write K3+. The dystopian novel explores human migration, triggered by inequality and climate change, to rotating habitats in space, based on many currently available technologies. Acosta tells the story of how humanity moved past the unsettling times we live in to a post-scarcity and egalitarian society—absent of fear, uncertainty, inequality, and despair.

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Interview with Author – Jon’te Aycox

Interview with Author – Jon’te Aycox

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Jon’te Aycox, Is a Artist and an upcoming Author from Las Vegas NV. He is age 40, born in Japan from an Air-force family. His dad was in the service. Jon’te found his first passion at age nine, drawing and coloring. Over the years, he then developed his craft into painting. He have some of his Arts in a gallery and a hospital. He also created some Art pieces for some of his friends, and coworkers homes, making it into a business.

Later on in Life, writing started to become another passion. Jon’te was always daydreaming, thinking
about stories that he created in his mind.

He then created his own blog, on Wordpress.com. That blog became a space, where Jon’te created his own Short Stories, poetry, Expressing from his soul. He then started to combined his Arts and writings together, on every writing post on his blog, he will add an Art piece, that is related to whatever he writes about. Some have told Jon’te, that he should put his Art in Children books. Jon’te created his first ever book, called, ‘Sweet September,’ that is now on Amazon.com. He plans on creating a few more books, that he hopes will all become a huge value, where his writings, along with His Art will change so many people’s lives for the better. Helping making the world a better place and giving back through his passion.

Jon’te enjoys biking and hiking. He also loves animals and reading. For More Info On Jon’te , Please checkout his Links to his sites

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Blog Site- https://www.aycox79.wordpress. com

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Interview with Author – Dee Rose

Interview with Author – Dee Rose

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Dee Rose was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. He has two daughters, Nadia, and Nicole, who are his life. He now resides in Denver, Colorado where he majored in Political Science at Metropolitan State University. He laughs when he remembers the origin of the Hangman Universe, as it was originally a rap song he’d created. Now, along with his girls, the HMU has become the center of his world.

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Interview with Author – Katie Benninger / "Kenna Devalor"

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Kenna Devalor (or known professionally/legally as Katie Benninger) is an indie author currently going to college to become a Literature professor, and is entering graduate school in Spring 2022 in their quest to obtain a PhD. Kenna is a nonbinary YA Fiction writer specializing in short stories, thrillers, poetry, and other works of fiction that include LGBT+ references and inclusion. Kenna enjoys writing, reading Shakespeare plays and the works of Oscar Wilde. They’ve currently been extremely immersed in Greek Myths and the classic novel “Giovanni’s Room.” Kenna hopes to inspire others around them and make literature an exciting topic that their future students will fall in love with all over again. They also love to cosplay and study the fine arts/musical theatre as well.

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Interview with Author – Rebecca Lee

Interview with Author – Rebecca Lee

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Rebecca Lee is an established writer living in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work can be found in The British Medical Journal, The American Writers Review, The London Reader and more. She currently writes an award-winning blog based on object personification. Her story, Profiling, will be performed live at Manhattan’s KGB bar.

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Interview with Author – Gail Aldwin

Interview with Author – Gail Aldwin

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Gail Aldwin is a novelist, poet and scriptwriter. Her debut novel The String Games was a finalist in The People’s Book Prize and the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2020. Her first children’s picture book Pandemonium was published in 2020. Gail regularly appears at literary and fringe festivals. Prior to Covid-19, Gail volunteered at Bidibidi in Uganda, the second largest refugee settlement in the world. Her home overlooks water meadows in Dorset.

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Interview with Author – Dr. Trina Boice

Interview with Author – Dr. Trina Boice

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Dr. Trina Boice is a #1 best-selling author of 31 books and was named the California Young Mother of the Year, an award which completely amuses her 4 sons. She teaches online for Brigham Young University and creates online courses at LifelongLearningEducation. She’s also an author coach for From Book 2 Business. She’s a movie critic at Movie Review Mom and has a daily podcast on Alexa called “Daily Inspirational Quote With Trina”.

She worked as a Legislative Assistant for a Congressman in Washington, D.C., and was given the “Points of Light” Award and Presidential Volunteer Service Award for her domestic and international community service. She was selected by KPBS in San Diego to be a political correspondent. She taught classes at the famous Le Cordon Bleu Culinary College and says she has the weight gain to prove it. She has a doctoral degree in Management with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership, 2 master’s degrees in Health Administration and Community Wellness Promotion, and 2 bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and Spanish. If she told you what she really did she’d have to kill you.

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Interview with Author – Laura Ruth Loomis

Interview with Author – Laura Ruth Loomis

Social worker by day, space cadet by night. My main character’s talent for accidentally destroying technology might be slightly autobiographical.

I write both serious and silly, science fiction and contemporary, YA and adult. I’m not indecisive, I’m just Californian.

I have a science fiction comedy novel, “The Cosmic Turkey,” and a collection of linked short stories, “Lost in Translation,” which I plan to expand into a novel. Assorted short stories are linked on my website.

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Interview with Author – Brimstone

Interview with Author – Brimstone

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Brimstone has had a successful and rewarding career spanning well over four decades; participating in numerous entertainment fields boasting a list of titles including professional wrestler, radio host/professional podcaster, actor, voice actor, author, musician, philanthropist, food critic, horror model, and comic book/animated/children’s book/video game hero. He’s been called a Renaissance man by many, but more accurately described as a well seasoned entertainer and serial entertainment entrepreneur.

​As a child actor, he made appearances on iconic pop culture shows such as Sesame Street and Romper Room. He later became best known for his career in professional wrestling where he has made countless appearances worldwide for the leaders in sports entertainment and throughout the Independents. Brimstone has had a long history appearing in various films, television programming, short films, documentaries, video game voice acting, and cameos in music videos. Notable nationally televised appearances include WWF Superstars, MTV’s TRL, 106 and Park and The Ricki Lake Show as well as countless appearances on national and local affiliates including NBC, CBS, ABC and The CW. He’s been featured in documentaries including Wrestling Then & Now and Standing in the Stars: The Peter Mayhew Story as well as music videos like, Touch & Go by rapper Joe Budden, Dawn Monroe’s Get it Poppin, Bethany Davis’ Lose Control and multiple videos by Frank Lucas, Jr. (Street Star and Let’s Go). He’s also been credited with background vocals on guitarist Bumblefoot’s 2015 release, Little Brother is Watching. Video game voice-over credits include, Seduce Me 2: The Demon War, Sorim Story: Race World (Brimstone is a playable character, available skin and voice of multiple characters), Triagat as the character Idium, Brimstone’s own Forza Infernis (on Android, Apple & XBox One), Wasteland Wars & GHR: The Great Airspace Chase; and is voicing the character Yolo in the game, Liquid Metal. His first foray into motion and performance capture will be in the video game, Blue Jacket & Red Coat going into production early 2020 playing and voicing the role of Slade Stone. Brim’s voice can also be heard in a variety of Q&E Productions’ animated shorts, as Game Day in The Weeklings animated series, Santa Claws for viral YouTube channel, eLL Cartoons, as well as a surprise character in the viral, God’s School. He will be voicing characters including Commander Frosting in Donut Baby for Noise Nest Animation Network (Viacom) and the character Felix the Fennic Fox in the upcoming network television, children’s animated series and interactive educational website, Wobworld. Brim has a cameo on a celebrity stacked, narrative fantasy podcast, Children of Sperea where he voices the role of Private Rarla. He can be heard on the Kikkoman Corporation’s national radio ads that he not only voiced; but collaborated in the conception and production thereof. He played the killer in the 2010 horror film, Killer Hoo-Ha! as well as roles in independent films like, Preacher Six, Mott Haven: Cash for Keys, Bloodline, The Roadhouse and many more. Brim can be found in the web series, Seymour the Unfortunate Vampire and making cameo’s in Troma Entertainment’s 2017 Virtual Reality film, Sgt. Ka-Spooky-Man’s Cray-Cray VR Halloween Extravaganza, Kabukiman’s Cocktail Corner and Shakespeare’s Sh!tstorm in 2019.

​As the co-founder, President, and CEO of Hound Comics, Inc. (Hound Entertainment Group), Brimstone and his team of creators launched his comic book series, Brimstone and The Borderhounds on October 31, 2010 at Borders Books and as of January 11, 2011 went nation and worldwide via Barnes & Noble, B.Dalton, BN.com, ComiXology and Amazon. The Borderhounds brand has since then expanded with a variety of Brimstone branded products including (but not limited to) the “Border-Pups” children’s book series, coloring books, video games, plush toys, vinyl toys (featured for multiple seasons on The Big Bang Theory) and the Animated Series. Furthermore, under the leadership of Brimstone, Hound Entertainment has also expanded tremendously and aggressively over the years with the addition of publishing over forty different creator-owned projects between the brands Hound Comics, Hound Publishing, Co-Exist Publishing, and Hound Kids. The most recent of his endeavors has been becoming the host of The Grindhouse Radio, a pop culture talk-based podcast and series that is currently syndicated on over twenty-five digital & terrestrial radio networks (including iHeartRadio, iTunes, Spotify & Google Play Radio) with a listenership of between 3.5 – 4 million weekly worldwide. The Grindhouse Radio, also known as GHR – has achieved ranking in the Top 20 Best Comedic Podcasts (as high as #6) worldwide on iTunes, as well as #83 on their overall charts. In addition to GHR, Brim hosts his own personal companion podcast series, Within Brim’s Skin which has independently ranked in the Top 100 on iTunes worldwide. He appears regularly as an expert speaker at libraries, schools and universities teaching podcast hopefuls, ‘how to podcast’ from nuts to bolts in Podcast 101, 201 & 301 courses along with his GHR partners. On social media, Brimstone and GHR branded GIFs have been used over 730 million times via their official Giphy account. Filming has begun on a televised sitcom spin-off of GHR entitled, Behind the Grind that will be available on Amazon Fire TV, Roku TV and Apple TV. Notably, The Grindhouse Radio was a topic of discussion at the European Planetary Science Congress 2018 – officially making them a citable source for scientific and collegiate papers. In 2018 – GHR released and distributed their first Holiday single, ‘Baking Cookies’ that was written by Brim and the main cast.
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Brimstone is involved in licensing and partnerships with Eastsport Backpacks for Brimstone branded merchandise sold on WalMart.com and featured on The Big Bang Theory; Troll Lord Games for the Brimstone Role Playing Game, CaJohn’s Fiery Foods (Brimstone line of multi-award winning gourmet sauces and seasonings), The Jerky Connection (Brimstone Jerky), Demeter Fragrances (Cologne/Perfume), 3 Coconut Monkey (Vinyl/Plush Toys), SGN Gaming & Algocrunch (Brimstone video game apps), Pro Wrestling Tees (Brimstone T-Shirts), Dragon Song Forge (Brimstone Swords), Sweet Hollywood LA (Brimstone Chocolate Bars), Ruth’s Mustard (Brimstone Mustard), East Coast Roast (Brimstone Coffee Line), Nifty Candy (Brimstone Candy Line), Serenity Custom Drums, and ButterWinks Cookies among countless others. Brimstone is sponsored by All Music Inc. and endorsed by Beyerdynamic, Affliction Clothing, Rare Boutiques Jewelry, Calacas Eyewear, Monster Energy, Yelp, CoKreeate, Yogibo, HoMedics, Love Sac, TechniSport USA, Blue Collar Blades, Chef Uniforms, Dart World USA, Healthy Meals Supreme and many more. Brimstone has been a celebrity brand ambassador for Loot Crate and Jerrick Media’s ‘Romper Zombie’ brand; he’s also a celebrity social media influencer for a wide variety of clientele including Kikkoman, 7 Eleven, Wendy’s (IMDboat), Boss Hoss Motorcycles, Red Roof Inn, Pe’KANT and Mane ‘N Tail Haircare Products; and has a Klear influencer rating of 82. He has been featured in Wall Street Journal Best Selling books The Bra Book and Worth Every Penny as well as internationally recognized magazines including Maxim.

​Brimstone also starred as the host of Food Hound: Tidbits which was a web-based celebrity food show filmed while on tour making appearances at pop culture conventions around the country including events such as Wizard World, Stan Lee’s LA Comic Con, San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con. As a result of the show, restaurants around the United States have added Brimstone-themed products to their existing menus including The Brimstone spiked milkshake at My Burger Bar in Buffalo, Dust from Hell Wings at Even Flow Bar & Grill and The Brimstone Pizza at Mulberry Street Restaurant on Long Island, The Brimstone Philly Grindhouse Burger at The Baroness Bar in LI City, and a variety of Brimstone-related dishes around the country.

Aside from accommodating promoters nationwide by hosting his own panels – Brimstone’s charm, wit, and ability to engage large crowds has led him to adding the roles of celebrity host, judge, and moderator to his already massive resume. Brim has been entrusted with these duties at an array of different events and functions from pop culture to foodie based. He’s had the pleasure of moderating talents including George Takei (Star Trek), Seth Gilliam (The Walking Dead), John DiMaggio (Adventure Time) for Awesome Con, Lincoln A. Castellanos (Fear the Walking Dead) for Walker Stalker Con and was reunited with Caroll (Big Bird) Spinney for the first time off-screen in well over three decades for a PBS panel at The Great Philadelphia Comic Con. In the foodie world, he’s graced the Celebrity Chef stage at events such as Zest Fest Midwest, celebrity judged for Famous Food Festivals, Pig Island NYC, King of the Wing, Brisket King NYC and Rib King NYC, played the roles of head judge and host of the Long Island Wing Festival for four consecutive years, hosted the ultra hot pepper eating contest for Maxim Magazine, three time celebrity judge for the Annual Meatball Madness competition as well as countless other eating competitions around the country. In business, he has judged for the Stevie Awards among other notable award ceremonies. Brim’s tough guy persona aside, he is a regular when it comes to providing PG entertainment, seminars and presentations at schools, libraries and kid’s days nationwide.

Brim prides himself in acting as a spokesperson for the Stan Lee Foundation, Jaime Isaacs Foundation, RADD (Rockers Actors and Athletes against Driving Drunk), and an annual guest speaker for Celebrity Sports Night and LILTA’s Men’s Conferences aimed at paving educational paths for young men. Whether it be poking fun at himself by shucking clams, or visiting the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation to give out stuffed animals and spend time with the kids – Brim has a heart of gold and will do just about anything to support a good cause. As a small business expert – he officially became a Mentor with SCORE Mentors in 2018 in order to give back to entrepreneurs in need of guidance. In 2015, he partnered with the Empire Saber Guild (An Official Lucas Film, Star Wars Costuming Group) to create an exclusive trading card for St. Mary’s portraying Brimstone as a Sith Lord for charity. An avid philanthropist at heart, Brimstone subjected himself to be roasted for charity in 2010, participated in the comedic, Roast of Brian O’Halloran, and has been featured on NBC’s Cause Celeb twice concerning his efforts. Furthermore, he’s worked directly with Build-A-Bear Workshop, whom was a sponsor of his international children’s initiative.

Brim claims that the cherry on top of his successes is the signature drink “The Brimstone Red” created for him by the Jack Daniel’s Distillery, the use of Brimstone related product on The Big Bang Theory – seasons 7 through 12, his hand in wax on display at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Wax Museum in San Antonio Texas, recognition of his philanthropy on MSNBC, his brand partnership with Giphy.com, being drafted as a Special Forces Commander for the Zombie Survival Crew alongside Michael Rooker & Norman Reedus, and the spotlight on himself and Hound via the legendary Stan Lee’s official website. Other notable accomplishments include a 2008 Award from the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, a 2014 Rule Breaker Award for Best Manufacturer with revenue under $1M for Hound Comics, Inc., ‘Best Long Island Personality 2018 & 2019’, ‘Best Twitter Account from Long Island 2018 & 2019’ and The Grindhouse Radio being voted and awarded, ‘Best Radio Station on Long Island 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020’ in the 12th through 15th Annual Best of Long Island Awards, as well as GHR being named a 2018 SCORE American Small Business Champion and National Grand Champion.

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Interview with Author – Roy L. Pickering Jr.

Interview with Author – Roy L. Pickering Jr.

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I am the author of the novels Patches of Grey and Matters of Convenience, along with the novella Feeding the Squirrels. Currently I am working on my third novel (working title is Brothers) and am also approaching the publication date (Fall or early Winter of 2020) for my debut children’s book. With the target audience for The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Ava Appelsawse being
7 – 10 year olds, it is a significant departure from my previous writing. This book, which is the first in a planned series, is a collaborative effort with my talented wife Erin who provides the illustrations. Anthologies that house my short stories include Proverbs for the People, Role Call, The Game: Short Stories About the Life, Prose to be Read Aloud and Forever Travels. My blog
A Line A Day often features content about literary matters and the publishing world, and just as often delves into other areas of interest. I am also trying my hand at being a booktuber. At Roy’s Book Reviews on YouTube I can be found sharing my thoughts about various novels, and recorded readings of children’s books are also featured there.

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Interview with Author – Alex Pearl

Interview with Author – Alex Pearl

Back in the distant mists of time, Alex spent three years at art college in Maidstone; a college that David Hockney once taught at, and later described in a piece for The Sunday Times as the ‘most miserable’ episode of his life. Here, Alex was responsible for producing – among other things – the college’s first theatrical production in which the lead character accidentally caught fire. Following college, he found employment in the advertising industry as a copywriter. He has turned to writing fiction in the twilight years of his writing career.
His novella, ‘Sleeping with the Blackbirds’ – a black, comic urban fantasy, was initially written for his children in 2011 and published by PenPress. It has since become a Kindle bestseller in the US.
In 2014 his short story, ‘Scared to Death’ – the fictionalised account of the first British serviceman to be executed for cowardice during the First World War, was published in an anthology (‘The Clock Struck War’) by Mardibooks along with 22 other short stories to mark the centenary of the Great War.
Alex’s psychological thriller, ‘The Chair Man’ set in London following the terrorist attack in 2005 was published as an e-book by Fizgig Press in 2019 and as a paperback in 2020. It is his first full-length novel.
Alex’s claim to fame is that he is quite possibly the only person on this planet to have been inadvertently locked in a record shop on Christmas Eve.

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Interview with Author – Lorraine Evanoff

Interview with Author – Lorraine Evanoff

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Award-winning author Lorraine Evanoff’s highly addictive, suspenseful thrillers are perfect for fans of Erik Larson, Jack Slater and Kathy Reichs.

Former Hollywood finance exec Lorraine Evanoff uses classic mystery storytelling to spin complex tales of international finance with a sexy female heroine. Lorraine’s best-selling Louise Moscow Novels, FOLIAGE and the newly released PINOT NOIR, are high concept noir thrillers inspired by real-life banking scandals.

Originally from Chicago, Lorraine received a degree in French from DePaul then studied and worked for seven years in Paris and is currently living in Los Angeles with her husband. Lorraine held CFO positions in high tech companies during the dot-com era, and more recently in the film industry, notably as CFO of National Lampoon. She already has multiple IMDB credits to her name and now has a screenplay in development.

Awards:

PINOT NOIR: An International Banking Spy Thriller (A Louise Moscow Novel Book 2)

2020 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER, MYSTERY CATEGORY
2020 indigBRAG B.R.A.G. MEDALLION WINNER, HISTORICAL FICTION CATEGORY

FOLIAGE: An International Banking Spy Thriller (A Louise Moscow Novel Book 1)

2016 BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALIST, HISTORICAL FICTION CATEGORY
2016 NEW APPLE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
2016 SHELF UNBOUND BEST INDIE BOOK, NOTABLE INDIE AWARD
2016 READER’S FAVORITE BOOK AWARD FINALIST

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