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Fiction is not a dream. Nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.

Margaret Culkin Banning

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Margaret Culkin Banning
Age: 90 †
Born: 1891
Born: March 18
Died: 1982
Died: January 4
Author
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Buffalo
Minnesota
Margaret Banning
Margaret Frances Culkin Banning
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