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I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever.

I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever.

Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern

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Marie Lu
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Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1984; activity date not established; Wikidata Q15721003, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15721003 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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