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Melinda C. Shepherd
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Melinda Shepherd received a B.A. (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in English Literature from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She also studied for two years as a postgraduate at the University of Toronto.

She became an editor at Encyclopædia Britannica in 1988 and served as a senior editor of Britannica Book of the Year from 2004 to 2016.

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Neil Patrick Harris is an American comic actor known for his portrayals of both likably average and flamboyantly unconventional characters. Harris made his stage debut as Toto in a grammar-school production of The Wizard of Oz and acted throughout high school. He earned a Golden Globe nomination…
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