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I started writing a novel from the monster's point of view. It has its own difficulties but, I'm ashamed to say, it's much easier writing from a psychopath's point of view than from that of their empathetic opposite.

Justine Larbalestier

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Justine Larbalestier
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 23
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Sydney
NSW
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Monsters
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Ashamed
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Opposite
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Opposites
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