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  <name><![CDATA[Gene Wolfe]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Gene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.

While attending Texas A&amp;M University Wolfe published his first speculative fiction in The Commentator, a student literary journal. Wolfe dropped out during his junior year, and was drafted to fight in the Korean War. After returning to the United States he earned a degree from the University of Houston and became an industrial engineer. He edited the journal Plant Engineering for many years before retiring to write full-time, but his most famous professional engineering achievement is a contribution to the machine used to make Pringles potato crisps. He now lives in Barrington, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

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  <title><![CDATA[Shadow &amp; Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Urth of the New Sun]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Wizard (The Wizard Knight, Book 2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Litany of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #1-2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Latro in the Mist]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas]]></title>
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