<strong>Daneet&nbsp;Steffens is a journalist and book critic. Follow her on Twitter @daneetsteffens.</strong>

Daneet Steffens

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"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Daneet&nbsp;Steffens is a journalist and book critic. Follow her on Twitter @daneetsteffens.