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There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

Christopher Bollen

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Christopher Bollen
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Story
Puzzles
Understand
Easily
Stories
Structure
Like
Creating
Playing
Detective
Game
Detectives
Particular
Puzzle
Games
Solving

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