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She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dust
Glue
Smell
Binding
Library
Cheek
Leather
Paper
Cheeks
Stills
Carrying
Still
Hundreds
Book
Closed
Odor

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