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I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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I know where I'm going. And if I don't know where I'm going, I don't tend to get anywhere.
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