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Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
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Arcadia
California
May
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Trouble
Trying
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Love
Actually
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