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Also Known As	Elaine Potter Richardson
Born	May 25, 1949 (age 75) • Saint John’s • Antigua and Barbuda
Notable Works	“A Small Place” • “Annie John” • “At the Bottom of the River” • “Lucy” • “My Brother” • “See Now Then” • “The Autobiography of My Mother”

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