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Jerry Spinelli |
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Jerry Spinelli: Hello, my name is Jerry Spinelli. Spinelli is an Italian word meaning little fish bone or little thorn. I remember that I once sent a story to a publisher under the name of John Little Thorn. It was rejected, and I went back to Spinelli.
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