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From Television News to Bestselling Author

By Debra Shigley, J.D. on January 17, 2012 in Second Act

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a poster girl for the saying "don't quit your day job." The New York Times best-selling author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is a Contributing Editor-At-Large for Newsweek Magazine and The Daily Beast and the deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations' Women and Foreign Policy program. Read More

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Debra Shigley, J.D., is a journalist based in Atlanta.

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