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Kobe Bryant is also responsible for creating \"The Wizenard\" book series. The latest installment, \"The Wizenard Series: Season One,\" which Bryant created with author Wesley King, came out in March 2020 and became a New York Times bestseller.

Vanessa Bryant shared a note to express how proud she is of Kobe.

\"5 championships 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆. 5 NYT bestsellers 📖📖📖📖📖. The Mamba strikes again,\" she wrote in the caption of her post. \"My husband @kobebryant would have been so proud to see his work continuing on with The #Wizenard Series: Season One.\"

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A post shared by Vanessa Bryant 🦋 (@vanessabryant) on Apr 8, 2020 at 4:20pm PDT

\"Thank you for supporting his legacy!!!!\" she added.

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