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Marie
Marie asked Lois Lowry:

Thank you for the gift of your words and the worlds you have created for your readers! Your characters and places are so rich and varied, from Gooney Bird and Anastasia to Jonas, do you begin writing a new story with a character or with a place?

Lois Lowry Generally it is a character...and a hint, in my mind, of a theme...that begins a book for me.
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