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Hi, Asher,

Thanks for posting. I’m glad HYPERGIFTED went over so well with you. As you can imagine,it was fun to write, too. Noah is a big favorite with me.

Toothpicks are often used as poker ante, so no, that wasn’t deliberate. As for a connection between “Coins” and “Twinkie,” the only explanation I can think of is that they were written by the same author. I can’t match the dates, though, one is ’84 and the other in ’92. Hmmm. And I’m kind of vague about Redhead movies — 107 books tends to do that to a writer — it’s all one giant mosaic swirling around in my head.

As for a LOSING JOE’S PLACE cassette, I think they must be referring to an old audio CD. Certainly, there were no movies.

Good to hear from you, Asher.                                                                                   —–Gordon Korman—–