December 6, 2002

Little Orphan Author

By CHRISTOPHER SCANLAN

Anyone who's written a book -- or lived with someone who has knows that the experience is much like childbirth. It begins in a moment of blind passion, followed by months of nausea, back pains, and mood swings, culminating in a seemingly endless period of labor and delivery. Then a blissful amnesia sets in, and you think about having another.

"Vivendi Is Said to Be Near Sale of Houghton," the Times headline read, and when I saw it, my stomach went into a sympathetic spasm for a

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