title: The Key: A True Encounter
author:  Whitley Strieber 
description: <b>Whitley Strieber</b>is the internationally bestselling author of more than 20 novels and works of nonfiction, among them the landmark work <i>Communion</i>, his account of a close encounter of the third kind that took place in December 1985. He is also author of<i>The Wolfen</i>,<i> The Hunger</i>, and<i>The Coming Global Superstorm</i>, all of which were made into feature films, most recently <i>Superstorm</i> as<i>The Day After Tomorrow</i>. He lives in California.
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  Strieber, Whitley.  
  The key: a true encounter/Whitley Strieber.  
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  1\. Spiritual life—Miscellanea. 2. Strieber, Whitley. I. Title.  
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