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I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Waukegan
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