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Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in charge of the world.

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
World
Invent
Charge
Rules
Imagine
Sleep
Ever
Sometimes

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I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.
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