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Yuyi Morales
Author of:

Just In Case

"When I came to the US and saw the public libraries for the first time, I was amazed and in awe."
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John Grisham
Author of:

The Firm

"Libraries are more important than ever - to teach kids the value of spending hours lost in a great book."
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Melissa de la Cruz
Author of:

Serpent's Kiss

I go as an author and I also go just as a mom.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
Author of:

Eat, Pray, Love

"I got my first kiss on the stone wall outside the library."
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Mary Amato
Author of:

Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook

"My mother died when I was young. My school librarian knew just which books to give me to learn how to cope."
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Paula Poundstone
Author of:

There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say

"In these difficult economic times, libraries are more and more valuable to people."
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Gregory Maguire
Author of:

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

"Orphaned at birth and raised by kindly librarians"
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Brian Selznick
Author of:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

"The value of libraries is sort of indescribable.”
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Julie Powell
Author of:

Julie & Julia

"Libraries Are Where I Cut My Teeth"
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Lauren Myracle
Author of:

ttyl

"Libraries help me have the courage to say it's O.K. to write about stuff that might get me in trouble."
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