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  <name><![CDATA[Bruce Brooks]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Bruce Brooks (born September 23, 1950) is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He was born in Washington D.C., but spent most of his time growing up in North Carolina as a result of parents' being divorced. Although divorce is never easy for a child, Brooks credits moving around a lot between the two locations with making him a keen observer of social situations. Switching schools often and having to make new friends evolved his ability to tell good stories. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1980. Before earning a living as a writer, Brooks had worked as a letterpress operator and a journalist for magazines and newspapers. Brooks has reported a very diverse list of influences, like Charles Dickens, Henry James, P.G. Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler. Brooks has three sons: Alex, 23, Spencer, 15, and Drake, 1. He lives with his wife Ginee Seo in Park Slope, Brooklyn.]]></about>      <hometown>Washington, D.C.</hometown>  <born_at>09/23/1950</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Moves Make the Man]]></title>
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  <published>1984</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Midnight Hour Encores]]></title>
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  <published>1986</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[What Hearts (Laura Geringer Books)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[All That Remains]]></title>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Dolores]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Throwing Smoke]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Vanishing (Laura Geringer Books)]]></title>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Asylum for Nightface (Laura Geringer Books)]]></title>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Everywhere]]></title>
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  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[No Kidding]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bruce Brooks]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.20</average_rating>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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