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I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page.

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
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Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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