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Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at the age of 6. I lost my faith as a Catholic. When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.

Anne Rice

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
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Anne O'Brien
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