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August 20, 2008

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WD Live: Lee Child
Bestselling novelist Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series, discusses the craft of writing with Writer's Digest editor Maria Schneider, including why he switches from one point of view to another in his books and what advice he has for writers.
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