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http://booksbywomen.org/wp-content/uploads/710wILXO57L._SY522_.jpg326522It’s no secret that retellings of classic tales are popular and abundant. A prolific reader could spend a year reading nothing but various takes on Pride and Prejudice and still not get through all of the offerings. Readers like seeing new twists applied to their favorite stories. But what’s in it for an author? I […]