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Alex Flinn [0-0] American

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Alexandra Flinn is an American writer of novels for young adults. To date, she has written eleven books and one original e-book, that have been published with another due in 2017.

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I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.		101
I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.	Poetry	102
I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.		103
I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!		104
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.		105
Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.		106
Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.		107
Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.		108
Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.		109
I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.		110

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