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As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Isolation
Beyond
Writer
Imagine
Live
Book
Hard
Life

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