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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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You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.
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Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
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My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.
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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.
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Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.
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