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Rene Denfeld

Rene Denfeld is the internationally bestselling author of three novels. Her latest, “The Butterfly Girl,” out now from Harper.

The tiny paper dragon, in the palm of Rene’s hand (photo provided by PR firm)

An innocent man on death row makes me a gift: How hope persists despite the odds

Rene Denfeld

Stephanie Feldman, Rene Denfeld (stephaniefeldman.com/HarperCollins/Gary Norman)

Writing to genre stinks: Two debut novelists on the hard line between fantasy and realism — and why it doesn’t make sense

Rene Denfeld, Stephanie Feldman