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"With a reality series, PacSun clothing line, and one lucrative modeling career, it seemed virtually impossible that Kendall and Kylie Jenner had time to write the new YA sci-fi book Rebels: City of Indra. In fact, the youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner siblings did receive help from ghostwriter Maya Sloan, who penned most of the novel with the girl&amp;apos;s guidance and edits.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nThough many, including her own family, have criticized Sloan&amp;apos;s decision to work with the PacSun designers, she just sees it as a job.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve learned to check my ego,&amp;quot; Sloan told the Los Angeles Times. &amp;quot;Ego will get you a teaching job in Iowa grading freshman comp papers, or a 9-to-5 editing promotional material where you want to slit your wrists. I&amp;apos;m writing for a living, and it&amp;apos;s a gift to be a working writer.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nKendall and Kylie&amp;apos;s creative director Elizabeth Killmond-Roman told the paper that they had numerous Skype and FaceTime sessions with Sloan, and gave the author extensive notes.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;People are trying to take this away from the girls,&amp;quot; Killmond-Roman said. &amp;quot;But most art is collaborative. It was never, like, &amp;apos;Maya &amp;#x2014; go off and write 10 chapters and send them back to us.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough Sloan&amp;apos;s name appears on the book&amp;apos;s first page, she is not present at the book signings and will not appear on Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The sisters opened up a Twitter Q&amp;amp;A on June 25 where fans asked them about their writing process. There was no mention of the ghostwriter throughout.&amp;#xA0;\r\nWhen one fan asked if Kendall, 18, and Kylie, 16, wrote each chapter together or individually, Kylie responded, &amp;quot;All together.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nProfessional runway model Kendall said her favorite part of writing the book was &amp;quot;Coming up with the story lines and characters&amp;quot; and when asked about the worst part she replied, &amp;quot;Editing it was hard.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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