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I think mystery writers and thriller writers - whatever genre you want to call it - are taking on some of the biggest, most interesting kind of socioeconomic issues around in a really interesting, compelling way.

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
Author
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Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
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