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

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Silver Spring
Maryland
Though
Young
Character
Tend
Street
Characters
Usually
Streets
Wise

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