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I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.
Gregory Maguire
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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
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