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“Fiction writing is an act of imagination, lived experience is secondary in many ways, writing a novel really is all about inventing worlds and people.”

Quote by Ayana Mathis

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Ayana Mathis is an American author born in 1973. Her works are known for their profound emotion and delicate narrative, particularly her debut novel 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie', which received widespread acclaim. more

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