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# Abigail Padgett

(1942)   Novelist

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Abigail Padgett is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Abigail Padgett

Born May 13, 1942

Profession Novelist

## About Abigail Padgett

writer... \| Mary Abigail Padgett is an American author of mystery novels who features in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).

##  Quotes by Abigail Padgett

> [“The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-padgett/the-way-black-women-say-girl-can-be-magical-frankly-i-have-no-solid/)

Abigail Padgett

[Black women](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-women/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/abigail-padgett-78038_black-women_the-way-black-women-say-girl-can-be-magi_455115.jpg)

> [An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-padgett/an-appreciation-of-prose-is-learned-not-instinctive-it-is-an-acquired/)

Abigail Padgett

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/abigail-padgett-78038_acquired-taste_an-appreciation-of-prose-is-learned-not_1600194.jpg)

> [“I like having options, alternate lives unlived but always possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-padgett/i-like-having-options-alternate-lives-unlived-but-always-possible/)

Abigail Padgett

[Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/abigail-padgett-78038_choice_i-like-having-options-alternate-lives-un_3115720.jpg)

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