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I'm for sure a workaholic. I'm a complete control freak and I take on way too many projects.

Janet Evanovich

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Janet Evanovich
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: April 22
Novelist
Writer
South River
New Jersey
Steffie Hall
Freak
Complete
Projects
Control
Sure
Take
Many
Way
Workaholic

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