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title: "2 Andrea Hairston Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# Andrea Hairston

(1952)   Novelist

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Andrea Hairston is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Andrea Hairston

Born January 1, 1952

Profession Novelist

## About Andrea Hairston

American writer... \| Andrea Hairston is an African-American science fiction and fantasy playwright and novelist. Her novel Redwood and Wildfire won the James Tiptree Jr. Award for 2011. Mindscape, Hairston's first novel, won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award and was short-listed for the Philip K. Dick Award and the James

##  Quotes by Andrea Hairston

> [“You want me to lie for you?" Aidan asked, watching them. " Believe in me, the way you did in my mama."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-hairston/you-want-me-to-lie-for-you-aidan-asked-watching-them-believe-in-me/)

Andrea Hairston

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> [“No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-hairston/no-one-should-let-yesterday-use-up-too-much-of-today-easy-to-say-hard/)

Andrea Hairston

[Living in the present](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-in-the-present/)

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