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I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and i don't pick the topic first. in fact, the topic picks me - via a question i can't answer as a mom, a wife, a woman, an american. i find myself wondering "what if..." and it blossoms into a whole novel.
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I Don't Base My Books On My

Jodi Picoult
I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and i don't pick the topic first. in fact, the topic picks me - via a question i can't answer as a mom, a wife, a woman, an american. i find myself wondering "what if..." and it blossoms into a whole novel.
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