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Mixed signals on the Time 100

Posted by Jan Gardner May 14, 2007 10:54 PM

Talk about yin and yang. David Mitchell and Nora Roberts are the only writers to appear on Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People. Mitchell writes inventive novels, most recently "Black Swan Green.'' Roberts, a romance writer, regularly dominates the bestseller lists with a formula she's perfected over the years.

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