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I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.

Alex Flinn

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Alex Flinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Alexandra Flinn
People
Watching
Painfully
Writers
Junior
Learned
Juniors
High
Shy
Friends
Lacking
Making
Watched
Must
Tremendous
Something
Difficulty

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