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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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Write
School
Children
Youngest
Writing
Novels
Novel
Started
Child

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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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