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Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.
Kevin J. Anderson
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Kevin J. Anderson
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: March 27
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In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.
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We wanted to write the first prequels as a story that anyone could pick up.
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