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Riverhead Books
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Rebecca Yarros
Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Grove Press
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Henry Holt and Co.
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Grady Hendrix Berkley
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Chris Hayes
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Neko Case
Grand Central Publishing
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Erik Larson
Crown
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