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Peng Shepherd

If you drive a few hours north from Manhattan, eventually you’ll come to Delaware County, N.Y., a mostly rural area dotted with a few towns. Some of these towns are famous for antiques, or fishing, or bakeries—and one is famous because it’s imaginary. You can only find it using a map.

My second novel, , follows Nell Young, who discovers after the death of her scholar father that a

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