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Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
Anne McCaffrey
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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end
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Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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