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I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.

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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
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Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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Mystery
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I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961.
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