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1 author picked The List as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The List is a thriller that almost anyone might enjoy. But as a writer it really hit home with me.

A struggling writer writes a book she feels has all the elements of a bestseller. Afraid that it might be largely ignored like her earlier books, she hires what she consider the perfect person to pretend to be the author. To the publisher and to the public. And of course it works.

My novel, "Legend," took two years to write. Then, with no track record, I couldn’t get a single agent to read it. Apparently a degree in literature meant…

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