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Also Known As Edward Paul Jones
Born October 5, 1950 (age 74) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “All Aunt Hagar’s Children” • “Lost in the City” • “The Known World ”
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