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Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year.

Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Gastonia
North Carolina
Margaret Ann Shriver
Margaret Shriver
Easy
Every
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Damned
Never
Credit
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