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The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
Essayist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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