#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Mary Karnes

Things you never want to run out of: Coffee, chocolate and toilet paper.

Things you wish you’d never bought: bell bottom jeans and my Ford Mustang.

Things you need for your writing sessions: a teapot of water on a warmer, gourmet tea and my reading glasses.

Things that hamper your writing: My children, iPhone, and my husband.

Favorite foods: French fries, and chocolate bars

Things that make you want to gag: Fried food.

Favorite beverage: coffee

Something that gives you a sour face: tart oranges

Something you’re really good at: being a mom

Something you’re really bad at: gardening

The last thing you ordered online: shoes

The last thing you regret buying: shoes

Things you’d walk a mile for: exercise

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: a flying squirrel, true story

Things to say to an author: “I’ll write you a five-star review!”

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “I found a typo in your published work.”

Favorite places you’ve been: Maternity Ward

Places you never want to go to again: Emergency Room

The coolest person you’ve ever met: My four daughters

The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Mohamad Ali

Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: Crocheted a baby blanket for my granddaughter.

A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: My flower garden

Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: When a DJ passed out at a wedding

Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: The love interest in my first wedding planner mystery series.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Susan Schwartz

I’d like to welcome the fabulous Susan Schwartz to the blog today for #ThisorThatThursday!

Things you need for your writing sessions: Pen, paper, highlighter, computer, a great idea, good writing music, big glass of unsweet iced tea

Things that hamper your writing: Playing on my phone, slow internet, household distractions – pets, laundry, dishes

Hardest thing about being a writer: Coming up with good ideas for new stories while the characters from previous stories keep asking when they are coming back for a sequel

Easiest thing about being a writer: Being an introvert, I love the solitary time I get to write.

Favorite foods: Chorizo, Salchichon, Manchego, Birch Beer, Pizza, Anything Italian or Spanish, some Vietnamese

Things that make you want to gag: Cilantro, Cottage Cheese, Mushrooms

Last best thing you ate: Grilled chicken breast with shrimps and crab meat

Last thing you regret eating: Sausage patties

Things you’d walk a mile for: Help out an injured animal or charity that I believe is doing great work

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Being accosted in a store, People who chew with their mouths open and those who think because they are chewing gum everybody wants to see and hear it,,,,,,,,,,We don’t!

Things you always put in your books: A little bit of me and my life experiences, a twist at the end

Things you never put in your books: Political or religious overtones

Things to say to an author: I love your book, how did you go about getting published, what is your favorite type of tea?

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: This book sucked and I would burn it, you are an awful writer who I will never read again………

Favorite places you’ve been: Rome, Pompeii, Madrid, Melbourne, Sydney, Australia Zoo, Paris, Seoul, and any Hard Rock we could find in any of those places

Places you never want to go to again: Orlando – just a really bad experience, Las Vegas – been 7 times, had enough, LOL!

Favorite books (or genre): Horror, Paranormal, Medical and Psychological Thrillers, some historical type fiction - for example, I loved The Girl with the Pearl Earring based on a painting by Vermeer. Da Vinci Code and subsequent sequels were also quite interesting.

Books you wouldn’t buy: Fantasy, Westerns, Historical Romance

People you’d like to invite to dinner: Stephen King, Bentley Little, Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer, Penn & Teller, Tom Ellis, David Baldacci, Geoff Castellucci, Keanu Reeves, Thomas Jefferson, Stjepan Hauser, Luka Sulic, Lindsey Sterling

People you’d cancel dinner on: Any reality TV show person, Leland Gaunt (Needful Things), Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs), Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter), Bill Sikes (Oliver)

Favorite things to do: Write, read, travel, traipse old cemeteries and graveyards, answer really weird questions, LOL!

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Writing, eating cilantro, organizing big projects, public speaking in front of non-peers, facing shots or blood draws

The coolest person you’ve ever met: John Barrowman, Star Trek Cruise 2017 – William Shatner, Marina Sirtis, Terry Ferrell, Ethan Phillips, John de Lancie, and a whole bunch more, really exciting to have them altogether. I also met John Grisham at the Virginia Book Festival one year, and he tried to tell me he was Stephen King.

The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Teller because he actually talks – LOL!, Seeing some of the Star Trek people in street clothes was really a game changer, they didn’t look like themselves, especially those characters who played a Ferengi or other space creature.

Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: The short story called “I Thought You Did!” I incorporated some of what was happening in my son’s college adventures into the story. I just embellished it quite a bit.

Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: My story – The Sparkling Floor – Whenever OR people read it, they always tell me they know not to make me mad anytime soon. I just laugh maniacally…it couldn’t possibly be true to life or could it?

About Susan:

I have been an avid writer for around 25+ years doing everything from writing freelance articles to editing manuscripts for other authors. I also love to write horror stories that have a twist at the end. My alter ego is an Operating Room Nurse/Nurse Educator who loves creating tales from the interesting and weird things I have seen. I am a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Virginia Writers Club where I have served as President of the Richmond Chapter and 1st Vice-President of the state organization. I have two novels in the works, a paranormal romance and a medical thriller. My non-fiction book, Haunted Charlottesville, was released in May 2019. Another paranormal book, Haunted Inns and Hotels in Virginia, will be released August 2023.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Natasha Deen

I’d like to welcome Natasha Deen back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

Things you never want to run out of: Energy, passion, hope

Things you wish you’d never bought: Society’s ideas about what is worthy/valuable

A few of your favorite things: The creatures and people I love

Things you need to throw out: Mindsets that don’t help me.

Easiest thing about being a writer: Saying, “I’m a writer.”

Hardest thing about being a writer: Everything else

Favorite foods: Depends on my mood.

Things that make you want to gag: I don’t know – I guess it’s how the food would be prepared.

Favorite beverage: Tea

Something that gives you a sour face: Sour patch kids

Favorite smell: My home

Something that makes you hold your nose: My excuses

Things you’d walk a mile for: The creatures and people I love

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Grumpy wasps (redundant, because they’re ALWAYS grumpy).

Things to say to an author: Anything you like to say, just be respectful

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “Hello, I’d like to be fictionally killed off in your next book.”

Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: Baking

A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: My life

Things you always put in your books: Hope

Things you never put in your books: Please ask me when I’ve written all the books I’ll ever write.

About Natasha:

Guyanese-Canadian NATASHA DEEN is a best-selling author and a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. Natasha’s novels include In the Key of Nira Ghani (Amy Mather Teen Book Award), Spooky Sleuths: The Ghost Tree (School Library Journal Best Books of 2022). Her most recent YA title, The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad was a Globe & Mail's Top 100 Books for 2022. When she’s not writing, she teaches Introduction to Children’s Writing with the University of Toronto’s SCS and spends an inordinate amount of time trying to convince her pets that she’s the boss of the house. Visit Natasha at www.natashadeen.com.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Jenna Greene

I’d like to welcome author Jenna Greene to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

A few of your favorite things: Tea, mugs for my tea, books to read while drinking tea

Things you need to throw out: All the half-finished craft projects of my child and the hoarding materials of my husband.

Things you need for your writing sessions: A cup of tea (surprise!) a comfy chair or couch, my laptop, and inspiration.

Things that hamper your writing: Being hungry.

Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing. (Imagining events, places, conflicts, settings).

Easiest thing about being a writer: Writing. (Communicating events, places, conflicts, settings).

Words that describe you: Quirky, creative, chatty, curious, loyal

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Loud, quirky, emotional, abrasive, sloppy

Favorite music or song: Anything Broadway! Yay Newsies, Hairspray, Billy Elliot!

Music that drives you crazy: Country music and rap.

Favorite beverage: Tea!

Something that gives you a sour face: Coffee (the smell… ugh!)

Something you’re really good at: Being creative, whether that be through writing, inventing games, drama, or dance.

Something you’re really bad at: Dancing without falling over or crashing into things – but I do it anyway because I LOVE it.

Things you’d walk a mile for: My child. If she needed me, I’d RUN 10,000 miles.

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Spiders. (Is there one around?!)

Things you always put in your books: A character discovering something about themselves – learning to do something they couldn’t do before, or discovering a strength they didn’t know they had.

Things you never put in your books: Excessive smut. I’d giggle too much while writing it.

Favorite things to do: Paddle a dragonboat, kayak, or canoe.

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Killing a spider.

The funniest thing to happen to you: Okay, there’s too many to list. I’ve accidentally got into someone else’s car, peed on my own foot, got my hair caught in a door jamb, ate a bee, went to work with two different shoes…

The most embarrassing thing to happen to you: See above.

Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: Wrote, directed, and choreographed plays and Christmas concerts.

A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: Anything with junior high students involved.

About Jenna:

Jenna Greene is a YA/ Children’s author from Alberta, Canada. When she isn’t writing or teaching, she enjoys dancing, dragonboating, and napping.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Jen Collins Moore

I’d like to welcome the fabulous Jen Collins Moore to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

The nicest thing a reader said to you: “Reading your book made me feel just like I was back in Italy.” I hear it all the time, and it never fails to make my day, because that’s what my books are about: transporting and entertaining readers with a great puzzle.

The craziest thing a reader said to you: “I hate reading, but I loved your book.” Who hates reading? Either way, I’m so glad that I could bring some fiction joy to someone who didn’t realize it was out there.

Favorite places you’ve been: Rome, of course. It’s where I set my series, A Roman Holiday Mystery. But really, I’m a sucker for European coastlines: the Côte d'Azur, Amalfi Coast, Sicily, Crete, and the Costa del Sol are all favorites of mine. My greatest recent discovery is the Azores, a chain of islands smack in the middle of the Atlantic. I waxed rhapsodic about the place in my September 2022 newsletter and a reader planned a trip there and reported back that it was her family’s favorite trip yet. Seriously, it’s amazing.

Places you never want to go to again: I truly believe a good traveler can have fun anywhere. My problem is there are so many places in the world I want to see, it’s hard to decide whether to return to a favorite or explore someplace new.

Favorite foods: Anything Italian! I’ve always been a foodie, and I worked for several years at Barilla, the Italian food company, in marketing. Spending hours debating the right ingredients for a new pasta sauce and tasting different tortellini options were regular parts of my daily routine. Needless to say, I was in heaven.

Things that make you want to gag: I resent overcooked pasta. Always, always check it two minutes less than the recommended time.

Things you always put in your books: Food! Characters need to be doing something when they are in a scene, and there’s nothing I like better than having them bite into a flaky sfogliatella, catch a wiff of delicious pizza as they pass a Pizza al Taglio window, or lick a cone of gelato.

Things you never put in your books: Sex and violence. I write about murder because I’m interested in the solution to the puzzle, but I don’t want to linger on the act itself. And sex, well, my kids will read my books someday.

Hardest thing about being a writer: The blank page. There are so many stories to tell, and I struggle to stay focused. I do much better when I’ve figured out a story and have a specific idea of what needs to happen in a specific scene. Once I have that, I can roll along.

Easiest thing about being a writer: Twiddling with words all day. I used to drive my coworkers crazy editing their work for corporate presentations and meetings. In writing, word choice matters, and I get to play with a sentence or a paragraph until I think it’s perfect.

Things you need for your writing sessions: A plan. If I sit at my desk without knowing what I want to write, I don’t accomplish much of anything. I need to start each session with my own personal marching orders.

Things that hamper your writing: Distraction! Writing is hard, and if there’s even a single chirp from my inbox or web page available to pop over to, I lose my focus. I need to turn off my internet for my writing sessions.

Favorite beverage: I’m one of those always-cold people, and I always have a cup of tea, hot chocolate, chai latte, or even plain old hot water, at my side.

Something that gives you a sour face: Coffee. I love the smell, hate the taste. I don’t even like coffee ice cream.

Something you’re really good at: Making plans. I love researching trips and planning out the hotels and activities. For me, the planning is almost as fun as the trip itself. I’ve made some great discoveries, and I write about travel in my newsletter. I hope you’ll subscribe.

Something you’re really bad at: Spontaneity. It’s the flip side of being a planner. It’s hard for me to sit back and just dive into a situation without looking at all the angles.

Favorite books (or genre): I’m a mystery fan through and through, but I read widely. There are just so many great books out there, but my all-time favorite childhood book is Ellen Raskin’s The Westing Game. I’ve yet to meet a single person who didn’t love it. If you haven’t read it yet, run out right now and get a copy.

Books you wouldn’t buy: I’ll read dark, but I’m not a sex and violence person.

Favorite things to do: Travel. There’s nothing I love more than researching a trip, packing up the family, and discovering a new part of the world.

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: An all-inclusive resort vacation. Okay, maybe I wouldn’t run through a fire to avoid it, but it’s not the type of trip I seek out. There are all kinds of people in the world, and I’m more of a “I’ll rest when I get back home” traveler than a “I can’t wait to read by the pool” traveler.

About Jen:

Jen Collins Moore transports readers to Rome in the Roman Holiday Mysteries, most recently Murder in Trastevere. Her short fiction has appeared in Mystery Weekly and Masthead: The Best New England Crime Stories. She is president of Sisters in Crime Chicagoland and a founding member of Sleuths and Sidekicks. A transplanted New Englander, she lives in Chicago with her husband and two boys.

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with W. L. Hawkin

I’d like to welcome W. L. Hawkin to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

A few of your favorite things: my rock collection, cobalt blue glass, old photographs and journals

Things you need to throw out: most of my old journals and half of the old photographs

Things you need for your writing sessions: my laptop and my couch or bed

Things that hamper your writing: background noise so, no, I don’t write in coffee shops

Hardest thing about being a writer: having to market my books.

Easiest thing about being a writer: writing my books

Favorite foods: sushi or Thai

Things that make you want to gag: overripe banana

Favorite music or song: acoustic guitar

Music that drives you crazy: opera

The last thing you ordered online: wide-legged black pants with rainbow bottoms for PRIDE. They’re so cool!

The last thing you regret buying: a vinyl canopy that was impossible to return because unbeknownst to me it shipped from India. I sold it on marketplace after many heated emails back and forth with the original seller.

Things you always put in your books: a kiss that takes your breath away

Things you never put in your books: rape

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “I don’t want to read your book. I don’t read fiction or watch television.” *shrug or eye roll (subtext: “I judge your book (which I refuse to try) beneath my intellectual, literary level.”

Favorite places you’ve been: the west coasts of Ireland, Scotland, Canada; Nova Scotia; The Yucatan; Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Places you never want to go to again: big cities like New York, Chicago, or Detroit

Favorite books (or genre): I honestly love the Harry Potter series

Books you wouldn’t buy: anything I can borrow from the library

Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: photography

A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: I always wanted to do mixed media on canvas until I did

Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: I heard a story about a man who disappeared from a small town in Scotland and returned as a woman. That made me wonder what it would be like to grow up gay there, and that changed my story completely.

Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: There are several good sex scenes in my Hollystone Books. They are not about me. Just sayin’

About W. L.:

I live, work, and play on the unceded territory of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, now called Campbell River. This bountiful land is the soul of the People who have lived here since Time Immemorial. I'm a grateful guest and steward of this beautiful space. 

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#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Ann Borrmann

I’d like to welcome author Ann Borrmann to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

Favorite foods:

I love a good fish and chips. And any fresh, seasonal fruit

Things that make you want to gag:

liver

Favorite music or song:

I love classical music. I grew up with this and really enjoy it to this day

Music that drives you crazy:

Country music. Please don't boycott me or my books because of this.

Favorite smell:

lilacs, bread baking

Something that makes you hold your nose:

liver

Things you’d walk a mile for:

Some really good chocolate!

Things that make you want to run screaming from the room:

Country music ( see above!)

Favorite places you’ve been:

British Columbia, and I recently was at Mackinac Island, MI for the first time; that was quite lovely. Off the continent, I enjoyed Germany.

Places you never want to go to again:

Ham radio convention with my husband... that, I think, is self explanatory.

Favorite books (or genre):

I love cosy mysteries. I must have, by now, all of Agatha Christie's books

Books you wouldn’t buy:

Horror ( why would you do that to yourself!?) Erotica, Sci-fi

Favorite things to do:

We love to travel. We have a 36' motor home and have been all through the US and Canada with it. We've also been to several countries in Europe, and Israel in the Middle East ( although not in the motor home)

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing:

Driving the motorhome! My husband is a mechanic and has 'modified' it to suit him. The dashboard looks like the dash of an airliner! I'd rather eat a bug than drive it. I stand by this.

Most daring thing you’ve ever done:

I zip lined down a New Hampshire mountainside.

Something you chickened out from doing:

My husband ( an accomplished black diamond skier) tried to teach me to ski when I was 40 . Forty is too old to learn a new trick, and while he was very encouraging, as he skied backwards down the bunny hill with his wife shrieking and gesticulating in front of him, when I reached the bottom, I left him to ski and I went and had coffee in a warm and sensible place. One of the best decisions of my life.

Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done:

My husband and I built our own home when we were very young ( I was 22 and he was 23) We were our own contractors and my husband who is very handy, and along with my dad and some friends who were electricians and carpenters, did the interior work ourselves. We left the masonary work to professionals, and while it took a year and a half+ to complete, the house is still standing, and in my opinion, "our house, in the middle of our street, is our castle and our keep" ( to borrow from some one else who liked their house) and is a very pretty house.

A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: I painted a room in our house pepto-bismal pink. I write this as a warning to any who think that that is a good decor choice. It is not.

Some real-life story that made it to one of your books:

My first children's book, The Jolly Bupbup, was actually about my son in law's little row boat which washed away during a very heavy rainstorm. However in the book, the Bupbup actually finds her boat safe. Unfortunately, my son in law never found his boat. Also in the book, the Bupbup collects her cats and sails off to have celebratory tea and cookies ( with jelly in the middle) with some very elusive Twinkles. My son in law did not have tea with Twinkles.

Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not:

My next children's books are about pirates. Some mornings I may look and sound like a pirate - especially to my students, but I am not - and never have been - a pirate.

Hardest thing about being a writer:

Aside from coming up with new story ideas, the hardest thing about being a writer is actually writing the story!   People think that writing children's books is easy because they are short and full of pictures.  But because they are short, you must make every word count.  Delete those unnecessary, superfluous, expressive adjectives! 

I do a lot of edits and changes, then I leave it for a while ( 'let it rest') and come back to it later.  I get advice from my beta reader, delete some more, and sometimes start over again! And like any genre, you must have a plot, and you must create relatable characters ( lovable or hateable!) In my case, because I write picture books and books for early readers, kids have to relate.

If you are lucky enough to be published in the saturated market, then, like writers of all genres, you also have to deal with bad reviews.  For example, I lost a star (so, 4 stars out of 5) on a story because the reviewer did not like the font used.  This is something that is completely out of the author's hands, so I have had to learn to develop tough skin, take the good with the bad, and sometimes settle for 4/5 stars.  It's all part of it.

Easiest thing about being a writer:  I haven't found the easiest thing about being a writer yet!

About Ann:

Ann Borrmann lives in Canada with her husband, Mark. She has worked with young children in various capacities over the past three decades and is herself the mother of four grown children. Currently, she teaches grades 5 and 6 in a small private school.

When she became a 'gramma' in 2019, she set about to write her new granddaughter a story, which she then self published as The Jolly Bupbup.  This was her first foray into the world of writing. That story earned a kirkus star and was one of 'Kirkus's best books of 2020'.  With this encouragement, she found an agent and set about to write more children's stories.

Chester The (almost) Pirate was released in 2022 and book 2 in the series, Never Take a Pirate's Pearls, will be released in August.

She now enjoys being a grandmother to three adorable grandchildren and if she is not napping, you may find her indulging in her favourite pastime of writing children's stories with a good cup of tea. She hopes that her books will entertain the imagination of many little readers and story lovers.

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#ThisorThatThursday with Linda Norlander

I’d like to welcome Linda Norlander back for #ThisorThatThursday.

Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Read. I usually have two books going—my book to read during the day and my book to I read before going to bed. One is always a mystery of some sort and the other is whatever I’ve pulled off the shelf at the library.

The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: A trip to IKEA. The last time we went, it took us 40 minutes to find a place to park!

Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: A laptop and quiet.

Things that distract you from writing: All those “to do” items that haven’t gotten done.

Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Midnight? Who’s up at that hour? 6:00 PM, and I might do a potato chip run.

Things you never put on your shopping list: Anything that can only be bought at IKEA.

Favorite snacks: See above plus I just rediscovered ice cream Drumsticks

Things that make you want to gag: Anchovies, of course.

Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: I wanted to be a ballerina. Mother sent me to tap dancing class and I flunked out. My brain and my feet have always been very poor communicators.

Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Figure out how to set the clock on the car. Thank goodness for YouTube. Once, instead of resetting the clock I accidentally reset the speedometer to kilometers/hour. I only made that mistake…ah…twice.

Something you wish you could do: A graceful leap.

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: I worked for many years as a nurse—I have a long list of things that most people would prefer not to do.

Last best thing you ate: An ice cream Drumstick

Last thing you regret eating: Baked sole. Very badly done in my oven. Don’t trust all the recipes you find through Google.

Things to say to an author: I just bought your book and told all my friends to do the same.

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I could write a book. It looks easy.

The most exciting thing about your writing life: Those characters who suddenly pop in unexpectedly and demand to stay.

The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: I wish I’d known about word count expectations years ago. I couldn’t figure out why my 35,000-word mystery novel never excited anyone until an agent I queried kindly directed me to a site with information on typical word counts for various kinds of books. Who knew?

About Linda:

Linda Norlander is the author of A Cabin by the Lake mystery series set in Northern Minnesota. Death of a Fox is the fourth in the series that also includes Death of an Editor, Death of a Starling and Death of a Snow Ghost. Each mystery takes place in a different season. The first book in her new series, Liza, Mrs. Wilkens and the Ghost Mysteries will debut in October 2023. Norlander has published award winning short stories, op-ed pieces and short humor featured in regional and national publications. Before taking up the pen to write murder mysteries, she worked in end-of-life care. Norlander resides in Tacoma, Washington with her spouse.

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