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People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Inspiration
Mysterious
Cocktail
Interesting
Profession
Cocktails
Two
Clouds
Wandering
Make
Lonely
Assumptions
People
Figure
Fired
Figures
Cloud
Perhaps
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Wander

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