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The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories.

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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
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Word
Ends
Stories
Beginning
Silence

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