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  Nova Ren Suma: fiction writer. Lives: NYC. Wrote: DANI NOIR (tween), out right this very minute from Simon & Schuster. Writing: IMAGINARY GIRLS (YA), out sometime in 2011 from Dutton, just have to finish it first. Loves: a boy named E. Refuses to eat: meat, slimy things, and brainy foods like oranges. Very partial to: voicey first-person fiction, stripes. More about me here. Or visit my website: NovaRen.com.

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  About Go Ask Alice, my insistence on one day living in Paris, and the coolest writing thing that's happened to me after selling my first book on JoëlleAnthony.com.
  
  About publishing a book upside down, ghostwriting and lying, and how I feed my muse on In the Weird.
  
  About writing for tweens vs. writing YA, my gorgeous cover, and my 13-year-old angst on CourtneySummers.ca.
  
  About city impostors, Francesca Woodman, and making a choice between work and art on Culturebot.
  
  About movies, living inside a children's book, and my most coveted superpower on Bri Meets Books.
  
  About fantasy professions, my life's motto, and how messy I am on SimonandSchuster.com.

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