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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
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Norwich
Connecticut
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Behavior
Early
Attention
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Hardship
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Human
Pictures
Humans
Caught

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