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The rigors of creativity - the self-doubt, the revising, the solitude - do require a kind of self-consumption. It comes at a cost; a cost that isn't for everyone.

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Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: November 27th, 1964

Died: August 9th, 2012

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