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Lindsay: I'm a Brit with a love of literature and a lot of books. After years of quietening the characters in my head, I listened. I've been writing ever since. I live in the UK where I blog, eat chocolate, contribute to the Operation Awesome blog and write Young Adult Fiction.

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