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# Lorraine Adams

Novelist

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Lorraine Adams is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Lorraine Adams

Profession Novelist

## About Lorraine Adams

American novelist and journalist... \| Lorraine Adams is an American journalist and novelist. As a journalist, she is known as a contributor to the New York Times Book Review, and a former contributor to The Washington Post. As a novelist, she is known for the award-winning Harbor and its follow-up, The Room and the Chair.

##  Quotes by Lorraine Adams

> [I can't write a novel without first really doing reporting. I don't even call it research; it's reporting. That process is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-adams/i-can-t-write-a-novel-without-first-really-doing-reporting-i-don-t/)

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> [I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-adams/i-write-sentence-to-sentence-that-s-the-kind-of-writer-i-am-i-don-t/)

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> [I can't imagine not reporting. It's such a habit of mind for me, I do it even in my social life. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-adams/i-can-t-imagine-not-reporting-it-s-such-a-habit-of-mind-for-me-i-do/)

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