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I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
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Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
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