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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
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Marc Hurwitz @marchurboston.bsky.social Journalist. Food/travel/news writer, NBC, Boston Globe; founder, Boston Restaurant Talk, hiddenboston; textbook editor; hike leader/former chair, Appalachian Mountain Club; contributor, WBZ; DJ, Mark Skin Radio
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social Writer immersed in French culinary history. Cookbook author. Hotel owner. Jam maker. AmΓ©ricaine spΓ©cialiste de lβhistoire culinaire franΓ§aise. Also Contrarian News food. #endALS
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