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C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
The master of chills and suspense
Stephen King
American novelist
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Anne Rice
Anne Rice
American author
George R.R. Martin
George R.R. Martin
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Pratchett, Terry
Terry Pratchett
English author
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Philip Pullman
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Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac
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E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Italo Calvino
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Michael Moorcock
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Sergey Lukyanenko
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Diana Wynne Jones
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Jean Ray
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Andre Norton
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