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I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is merely a MEANS TO A MUCH HIGHER END: NAIL POLISH.

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Goal
Nails
Understand
Author
Means
Merely
Ends
Ultimate
Mean
Deal
Much
Deals
Believe
Higher
Nail
Always
Movie
Polish

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