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Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Wanted
Writing
Trying
Long
Something
Time
Teen

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