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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.

Tanith Lee

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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