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I write because I want more than one life I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Selection
Plain
Greed
Simple
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Life
Wider
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