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Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

Sidney Sheldon

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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
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