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“The fact that fairy tales remain a literary underdog - undervalued and undermined - even as they shape so many popular stories, redoubles my certainty that it is time for contemporary fairy tales to be celebrated in a popular, literary collection. Fairy tales hold the secret to reading.”

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Kate Bernheimer

Kate Bernheimer is a renowned writer known for her unique imagination and profound literary value. Her exact birth and death dates are unknown. more

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