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I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me.
A. S. Byatt
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A. S. Byatt
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 24
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Sheffield
England
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
Antonia Susan Drabble
Antonia Susan Duffy
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