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I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Love
Think
Factor
Thinking
Factors
Life
Fiction
Risk
Huge
Real
Always

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