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“Nothing’ll ever fix what’s broken in this town, but it would be nice if they’d at least get the dead bear out of the parking lot at Food Country.” F*ckface (Henry Holt, July 2020) by Leah Hampton. First book, story collection. Agent: Julia Kenny. Editor: Caroline Zancan. Publicist: Marian Brown.

“Lenworth was back on the main road to Anchovy (Red Hen Press, June 2020) by Donna Hemans. Second book, novel. Agent: Sha-Shana Crichton. Editor: Kate Gale. Publicist: Rachel Tarlow Gul.

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