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A Life Worth Writing

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From a New York Times bestselling novelist: raw dispatches from the writing life and the chaos that feeds it. Fiction, truth, and the blurry line between. Always sharp. Sometimes savage. Live it. Write it. Burn the rest.

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About S J Watson

A multi-passionate individual and bestselling author interested in creativity, art, music and trying to make sense of the world. Books include BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (which was turned into a film with Nicole Kidman), SECOND LIFE and FINAL CUT.

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