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Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.

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Danielle Steel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 14
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schülein-Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel
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