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I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Research
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Turns
Character
Might
Much
Like
Patchwork
Psychological

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