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Mary robinette kowal was the 2008 recipient of the campbell award for best. Jun 07, 2011 cliche as it might sound, if jane austen had sat down to pen a fantasy, this is the book she would have written. Aug 03, 2010 a professional puppeteer and voice actor, she grew up in north carolina and spent five years touring nationally with puppet theaters. Review shades of milk and honey by mary robinette kowal.
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