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Fiction by Deborah Willis. Non-fiction by Chris Benjamin. Cover artist Q&A. Inside the July | August issue.

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Aug 01, 2023
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Starstruck

Girlfriend on Mars
Deborah Willis

Penguin Random House
368 pages, softcover and ebook

Animal Farm. Catch-22. RoboCop. Starship Troopers. Deborah Willis’s debut novel, Girlfriend on Mars, counts itself among such triumphant satires. On the surface, the book is a biting send-up of celebrity culture, the internet age, and social media. Looking deeper…

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