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I was extraordinarily lucky. i wrote a book because i wanted to see if i could write a mystery. someone nagged me into sending it to a contest, which it won, after which i was offered a two-book contract, thus requiring the writing of a second book.
-Donna Leon
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Donna Leon
I was extraordinarily lucky. i wrote a book because i wanted to see if i could write a mystery. someone nagged me into sending it to a contest, which it won, after which i was offered a two-book contract, thus requiring the writing of a second book.
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