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People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: Believe Difference Make Make A Difference Need People Person Standing Strong Tide Turn

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I remember when I was a kid, I could never find anything positive about chubby girls. If a girl was pudgy in books, she wasn't okay. She couldn't be happy or make friends unless she lost weight.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: About Anything Be Happy Books Chubby Could Find Friends Girl Happy Kid Lost Make Never Okay Positive Remember Remember When She Unless Weight I Remember

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People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in 'Enclave.'

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: Capable Cruelty Extreme Incredible People Range Showcase Situations Terrible Tried I Tried

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I immerse myself in everything I write; I feel what my characters do. I suffer with them. I cry as I type, sometimes to the point that I can't see the screen.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: Characters Cry Everything Feel Immerse Myself Point Screen See Sometimes Suffer Them Type Write I Feel I Write

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My process seems to be unusual in the sense that I don't create worlds before characters. With me, character is king.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: Before Character Characters Create King Me Process Seems Sense Unusual Worlds

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The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: About Basically Basis Environments Me People Real Tell Write I Write

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My life experiences are different than the average person because I've spent the last 10 years living in Mexico. I generally don't know what's going on in America, and when I do visit for work, I'm often interrogated about my life choices by random strangers.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: About America Average Average Person Because Choices Different Experiences Generally Going Know Last Life Life Experiences Living Mexico My Life Often Person Random Spent Strangers Than Visit Work Years

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I've tried to be inclusive in my '2B' series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: African-American Bisexual Books Character Characters Course Gay Hero Heroine Inclusive Jewish Korean Lesbian Over Series Supporting Three Tried Wrote

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Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I've tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: Aware Becoming Broader Inclusive Make More Need Our Our World Representative Since Stories Tried World

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In 2007, I sold my first book, 'Grimspace.' It says it's SF on the spine. I believe it to be SF, though it's certainly written differently. I write in first person, present tense, and the protagonist is a woman with a woman's thoughts, feelings, and sexual desires.

~Ann Aguirre

Topics: Believe Book Certainly Desires Differently Feelings First Person Present Protagonist Says Sexual Sold Spine Tense Though Thoughts Woman Write Written I Believe I Write Sf

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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