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I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.
Alex Flinn
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Alex Flinn
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Alexandra Flinn
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