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My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
Author
Film Critic
Journalist
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Screenwriter
Television Critic
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
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