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The female characters in my books tend to be independent, frisky, spunky, witty, emotionally strong, erotically daring, spiritually oriented and intellectually generous in short, the kind of women I admire in real life.

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
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