From an early age, I knew that I wanted to write popular thrillers, but when I got to graduate school, I sensed an upturned nose and a haughty eye directed toward the fiction and films that I loved.

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When I was just in public school, Reddy got the teacher to let me stay home a lot, so I could keep her company.

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When I got older, I taught Sunday School at my church.

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At just before midnight, on what had become a frenzied evening, I was able to calmly relax for my three hour nap knowing that I would be home when my girls got out of school the next day.

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When I was in high school my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested.

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When I did my very first visit to the UK a couple of years ago, I got to visit the school.

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