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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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