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“Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one planet. Literature is the great extra-somatic keeper of our knowledge of what it is to be human. Reading elevates us. We read to be our best selves.”

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Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith is an American author renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels. Her works are celebrated for their profound character development and rich imagination. Born on September 30, 1960, Griffith began her writing career in the 1990s. more

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