The Four Shelves: Vásquez, Lindqvist, Tanaka, and Okafor
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Four authors — Vásquez, Lindqvist, Tanaka, and Okafor — each have exactly one genre, binding, and bookmark, and no two share any of them. Match each author to their genre, binding, and bookmark from these clues:
1. The science-fiction writer is the author with the paperback.
2. Lindqvist is not the memoirist.
3. The mystery writer is the author with the spiral-bound edition.
4. The poet is the author with the boxed set.
5. The author with the paperback is the author whose book holds a ticket stub.
6. Tanaka is not the author whose book holds a pressed leaf.
7. Tanaka is not the mystery writer.
8. Lindqvist is not the author whose book holds a ribbon bookmark.
9. The author with the boxed set is the author whose book holds a pressed leaf.
10. Vásquez is not the author whose book holds a ribbon bookmark.
11. Lindqvist is not the author whose book holds a pressed leaf.
12. The author with the spiral-bound edition is the author whose book holds a ribbon bookmark.
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Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
In the final matching, which genre goes with “Tanaka”? Answer with just the genre.
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