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That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.

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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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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