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  nationality="US" gender="male">
  <fullName>Larry Niven</fullName>
  <birthDate>April 30, 1938</birthDate>
  <birthPlace>
    <city>Los Angeles</city><state>California</state><country>US</country>
  </birthPlace>
  <blurb xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <html:blockquote cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven">
      <html:p>Many of Niven's stories take place in his <html:i>Known
      Space</html:i> universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable
      solar systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien species,
      including aggressive felines Kzinti and super-intelligent but cowardly
      Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters. The
      Ringworld series is set in the <html:i>Known Space</html:i>
      universe.</html:p>
    </html:blockquote>
  </blurb>
</author>