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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.

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Jackie Collins
Age: 77 †
Born: 1937
Born: October 4
Died: 2015
Died: September 19
Actor
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Hampstead Village
Jacqueline Jill Collins
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