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This record blends multiple different people named Eric Smith. One identifiable Eric Smith is a Philadelphia-based literary agent and Young Adult author whose novels include Don't Read the Comments (2020) and You Can Go Your Own Way (2021). Other works attached here, including political-science and reference titles, belong to different, unrelated authors who share only the common name and should be split into separate author records.

Randy Ribay is a Filipino American author of young adult fiction. Born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest, he studied English literature at the University of Colorado Boulder and holds a master's degree in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education; he has also worked as a high school English teacher. His novels include An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes (2015), After the Shot Drops (2018), Patron Saints of Nothing (2019) and Everything We Never Had (2024...

Sangu Mandanna is an Indian-British author born in Bengaluru, India, and now based in Norwich, England. A graduate of Lancaster University, she writes across adult, YA, and middle-grade fiction, and is best known for her cozy fantasy romance The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and its follow-up, A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping.

Lauren Morrill is the author of the young adult novel My Unscripted Life. She writes stories that focus on the experiences of teenagers navigating high school and relationships.