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I'm incredibly flattered when people tell me that my books helped them through high school. Because of my own experience, the thought that something I wrote might help someone who felt the way I did when I was a teen...that's huge. It awes me.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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