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For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists.

Sara Sheridan

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Stills
Novelist
Still
Gaps
Novelists
Exists
Material
Materials
Story
Stories
Intriguing

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