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Lynn Schneider
Lynn Schneider is the author of "The Kilmer Cure: One Girl, Two Moods, and the Caped Crusader", a memoir and field guide to life with bipolar disorder starring the guy from "Top Gun". She has written for "Vice", "Savannah Magazine", and "Document" and "Phoenix" literary journals. She is a dog enthusiast and a natural blonde.
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