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My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Writer
Grew
Reading
Father
Writing
Really
Encouraged

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