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We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

Sue Grafton

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
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Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.
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