The Four Shelves: Petrova, Vásquez, Lindqvist, and Tanaka

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Four authors — Petrova, Vásquez, Lindqvist, and Tanaka — each have exactly one binding and genre, and no two share any of them. Match each author to their binding and genre from these clues: 1. Tanaka is not the author with the leather-bound edition. 2. The author with the spiral-bound edition is the memoirist. 3. Lindqvist is not the author with the paperback. 4. The author with the paperback is the science-fiction writer. 5. Lindqvist is not the historian. 6. Tanaka is not the author with the paperback. 7. The author with the hardback is the historian. 8. Vásquez is not the author with the paperback. 9. Tanaka is not the historian.

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In the final matching, which genre goes with “Petrova”? Answer with just the genre.

The Four Shelves: Petrova, Vásquez, Lindqvist, and Tanaka

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