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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Silver Spring
Maryland
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Tend
Street
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Usually
Streets
Wise
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