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Mama took me in her arms and held me tight. Her embrace was hot and she smelled like sweat, dust, and grease, but I wanted her. I wanted to crawl inside her mind to find that place that let her smile and sing through the worst dust storms. If I had to be crazy, I wanted my mama's kind of crazy, because she was never afraid.

Sarah Zettel

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Sarah Zettel
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: December 14
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Science Fiction Writer
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Sacramento
California
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Sweat
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I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.
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Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.
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