publication date: Friday, October 12, 2018 (part of Fall 2018)

category: Literature

clue: A boy wizard conjured up enough money for this Brit to become the world's first billionaire author.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Aaron Shurtleff


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