Kevin Anderson: The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF

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Kevin J. Andersonis the author of more than a hundred novels, forty-seven of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists. He has over twenty million books in print in thirty languages. He has won or been nominated for numerous prestigious awards, including the Nebula Award, Bram Stoker Award, the SFX Reader’s Choice Award, the American Physics Society’s Forum Award and New York Times Notable Book.

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