I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels. (Nell Freudenberger)

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels.

Nell Freudenberger

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