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“Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens.”

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David Corbett
David Corbett

David Corbett is an American author known for his crime novels. Born in 1958, he has gained widespread recognition in the literary world since the 1990s. more

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