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Lianne Dillsworth

‘I’m often asked when did I know I wanted to be a writer but first and foremost I was always a reader and I think it grew from there. Many of the stories my mum and my nan tell about when I was little involve reading – like when I begged to stay up late to read one more chapter of a favourite book, or how I went on a splurge when the book fair came to primary school and my mum was presented with a huge bill

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