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    How Did I Get Here?: A Writer's Education
    How Did I Get Here?: A Writer's Education
    How Did I Get Here?: A Writer's Education
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    How Did I Get Here?: A Writer's Education

    By David Homel

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    Award-winning author mixes memoir and fiction, truth and make-believe in mediations on his youth, his education, and the influences that led to his writing career.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Leith Publishing
    Release dateSep 2, 2023
    ISBN9781773901428
    How Did I Get Here?: A Writer's Education
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    David Homel

    DAVID HOMEL is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, journalist and translator. He has won the Governor General’s Award for translation, the Hugh MacLennan Prize and the Jewish Public Library Award for fiction.

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