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Balloon Hoax Author Crossword Clue

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noun

• United States writer and poet (1809-1849)

26%9Author of "The Balloon"
noun

• United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)

24%5 "Five Weeks in a Balloon" author
noun

• French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)

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