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One day I want to write a full-on horror book.
Christopher Bollen
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Christopher Bollen
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Horror
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I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.
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