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Alabama native Daniel Wallace is the author of eight novels, including “Big Fish,” the 1998 best-seller adapted into a Tim Burton film. Wallace’s memoir “This Isn’t Going to End Well,” about his brother-in-law and mentor, is now out in paperback.
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