"You don't want to write a novel, " says Hallie Crawford, a career coach in Atlanta.

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They have a son-in-law, Howard, two daughters-in-law, Hallie and Kathleen, and are also the proud grandparents of five children: Naomi, Finnegan, Maisy, Natalie, and Hunter.

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Her sisters Amy, Delia and Hallie also became writers.

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