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“Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being.”

Quote by Laurie R. King

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Laurie R. King is an American author renowned for her detective novels, which often blend historical settings with literary and detective elements. Born in September 1952, King began her writing career in the 1980s. more

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