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Well, it's my voice, so it's more accessible that way, and there are also all sorts of things like plot and timelines that are already known entities, so for me, it's very different from writing fiction.

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
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Madison
Wisconsin
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