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Helen Fisher

‘When I shared the news with friends, that I was going to have a book published, I was surprised at how many said you’ve always wanted to write a book. I have always wanted to write a book, but I didn’t realise I’d talked about it so much. When I was younger, I wrote letters and diaries, kept a travel journal and yes, I’ve always felt that I had a book in me, but it didn’t come out for a long time. I was 44 years old when I wrote my first novel. I recently found some old school books, from when I was about ten years old, containing a few stories and poems. I’ve re-read them and I don’t

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