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Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.

Terry Brooks

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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Terence Dean Brooks
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