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My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.

Lisa Gardner

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Lisa Gardner
Age: 54
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Hillsboro
Oregon
Alicia Scott
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Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.
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