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I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
Surprise
Secret
Writing
Really

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