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By Daniel D'Addario 4/06/11 8:00pm

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The Portman Pop Potboiler: Excerpts from Avner Hershlag's 'Misconception'

Today’s edition of The Observer broke the story of Avner Hershlag–proud papa of Natalie Portman–and his attempts to get his self-published novel picked up by a publishing house. (Interest is certainly high: The Observer has been contacted by publicists interested in representing Dr. Hershlag.)

But while Dr. Hershlag’s family ties make the work notable, Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 4/05/11 11:27pm

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Some Genes! Natalie Portman’s Pop Pens Pregnancy Thriller

Misconception, the self-published debut novel by Long Island fertility specialist Dr. Avner Hershlag, now making the rounds of major houses, is a tale of cloning experiments gone bad and the compromised embryos of a U.S. first lady.

But the author’s pedigree may be more appealing to publishers than the novel’s plot or subject matter. Dr. Read More

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