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Justin Cronin: How I Write

The Passage

The Twelve is a sequel to the extraordinarily successful novel about vampirelike creatures, The Passage, which cracked Cronin’s publishing career wide open. He talks to Noah Charney about how his daughter helped start the series, why he likes Ian McEwan, and his most embarrassing book-tour story.

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