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"I Came in Second Once, in a Competition for Shortest Hot Pants"

Best-selling authors have talents you never dreamed of

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Susie Bright
Apr 04, 2024
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During the 15 years I edited The Best American Erotica, I couldn’t help but ask my influential authors nosy questions. Chuck Palahniuk, Nick Baker, Nalo Hopkinson, Sera Gamble, the late Maggie Estep… They all have such unexpected lives.

One day, asked them to brag: What’s your weird trophy, the thing you’re “the best” at, besides writing?

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