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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Before I was a writer, I was a cleaning lady in New Mexico.&amp;quot; Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award in fiction. She is the author of &lt;em&gt;Pretend I&amp;#39;m Dead&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Vacuum in the Dark&lt;/em&gt;. A former cleaning lady, she lives in Hudson, New York. Listen as Beagin explains what inspired her to start writing fiction. For more on this author, visit &lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jen-Beagin/2142189092"&gt;https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jen-Beagin/2142189092&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Before I was a writer, I was a cleaning lady in New Mexico.&amp;quot; Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award in fiction. She is the author of &lt;em&gt;Pretend I&amp;#39;m Dead&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Vacuum in the Dark&lt;/em&gt;. A former cleaning lady, she lives in Hudson, New York. Listen as Beagin explains what inspired her to start writing fiction. For more on this author, visit &lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jen-Beagin/2142189092"&gt;https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jen-Beagin/2142189092&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Before I was a writer, I was a cleaning lady in New Mexico.&amp;quot; Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award in fiction. She is the author of &lt;em&gt;Pretend I&amp;#39;m Dead&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Vacuum in the Dark&lt;/em&gt;. A former cleaning lady, she lives in Hudson, New York. Listen as Beagin explains what inspired her to start writing fiction. For more on this author, visit &lt;a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jen-Beagin/2142189092"&gt;https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jen-Beagin/2142189092&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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