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Ingrid Williams is a native Californian who now lives with her family in Norway. She has had a successful career as a financial journalist for Dow Jones Newswires and as a copywriter for one of the largest creative agencies in Scandinavia, among other positions in the world of corporate communications. She is a recipient of the Humphrey´s Fellowship in Writing at Columbia University in New York.

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	Bing & Nero: Boy + Robot = Fun! by I.L. Williams (Goodreads Author), Inci Alper (Illustrations) 4.10 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Summer Has Come To Norway, Along With a brand new The Goodest Boy book!

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