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The line between outside and inside is fuzzier in fantasy. Maybe that's something people are looking for.

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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Lexington
Massachusetts
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