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I'm a true-crime addict. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but I can't stop.

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
Author
Film Critic
Journalist
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Television Critic
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Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
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I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone.
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