Marisa Silver

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American author, screenwriter and film director

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An ugly young dwarf girl transforms first into a beauty, then into a tall woman, then into a wolf.

Marisa Silver: Little Nothing

An ugly young dwarf girl transforms first into a beauty, then into a tall woman, then into a wolf.

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Marisa Silver: Mary Coin

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New American Short Stories

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