ELIZABETH RENZETTI is a columnist for the Globe and Mail , and has reported for many years from Toronto, Los Angeles, and London. She is also the bestselling author of the novel Based on a True Story , which was a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and a Canadian bestseller. She lives in Toronto with her husband, author and Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders, and their two children.
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