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Gala Celebrates Writers’ Superpowers

“Although this has turned out to be my dream job, eight-year-old me might have said I wanted to be an explorer, or maybe a doctor. I mean, doctors —what job contributes more to the world? But now I know that authors save lives too,” said

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