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Book author mystery

Vocabulary

a literary mystery

something strange or unexplained about a book or someone who writes books

assured

strong or confident

debut

first performance or presentation

it turns out

it has been discovered

nom de plume

French phrase to mean: false name given by a writer

gender

sex; male or female

confessed

admitted to doing something

mitigation

giving reasons why something you have done is not so bad

liberating

a feeling of freedom