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Book Title: The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Daniel Alarcon
Publication Name: Secret Miracle : the Novelist's Handbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: ST. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 3.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
