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Writer, novelist, author, The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done

Novelist Sandra Newman is the author of The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done and The Country of Ice Cream Star.

Novelist Sandra Newman is the author of The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done and The Country of Ice Cream Star.

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