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I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.
Sara Gruen
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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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I scan the room. Catherine is writing quickly, her light brown hair falling over her face. She is left-handed, and because she writes in pencil her left arm is silver from wrist to elbow.
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