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american authors: this new jersey-born author/journalist wrote "the armies of the night"?

misc music magic: wrote the songs for "joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat"?

pinball: this 1988 lawlor game has a vertical playfield instead of a normal backglass?

pinball: this world champion pinball player became a programmer for data east?

pinball: this 1976 bally machine featured elton john on the backglass?