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An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.

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Jim C. Hines
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: April 15
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