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Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of 16 books, including the memoirs Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs and She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, as well as the novel Long Black Veil. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard College of Columbia University.
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