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Author of THE LIBRARIANS OF LISBON Suzanne Nelson's THE BOOK HUNTRESS OF PARIS, a WWII women's fiction novel focused on an American art restorer determined to rescue a precious book from the Nazis, but she soon becomes entrenched in a much larger mission to save the priceless libraries of Paris and beyond, to Hayley Wagreich at Zando, for publication in 2027, by Ammi-Joan Paquette while at Erin Murphy Literary Agency (world). Rights: sstovall@zandoprojects.com
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