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The more I did it-the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine spread, into backbone, ribs, collarbone, neck held high. It was something. Don't say it wasn't.

Megan Abbott

There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls.

Megan Abbott

Because they do burn leaves here, the older folks do, and I remember now that I love it and always have. The way fall feels at night because of it, because of the crackling sound and walking around the sidewalks, like when you're a kid, and kicking those soft piles, and seeing smoke from backyards and Mr. Kilstrap standing over the metal drum with the holes in the top, the sparking embers at his feet.

Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott

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Born: August 21, 1971 (age 54)

Bio: Megan Abbott is an American author of crime fiction and a non-fiction analysis of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and re-worked classic subgenres of crime writing, with a female twist.

Known for:

You Will Know Me (2016)
Dare Me (2012)
The Fever (2014)
The End of Everything (2004)
Queenpin (2007)

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