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\n<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Read earlier installments<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Gabrielle Bell\u2019s\u00a0original, true, biographical version of \u201cLittle Red Riding Hood.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Gabrielle Bell is the author, most recently, of\u00a0<\/em>Everything Is Flammable<\/a>, her first full-length graphic memoir, which was published by Uncivilized Books in June.\u00a0She lives in Brooklyn, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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