I've met Anthony Doer (author of All the Light We Cannot See) a few times. Of course, he lives about 30 minutes away from where I live.... But the first time I heard him speak was way back in 2006/2007 when my college picked his book of short stories as their first-year read (they make all incoming freshmen read the same book). I was not a freshman, but I still read the book and loved listening to him speak. An incredibly brilliant man, yet very approachable and down to earth.
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