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As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Writing
Girls
Much
Age
Like
Freedom
Idea
Branch
Girl
Teenage
Write
Ages
Ideas
Branches
Different
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