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Merrill Markoe

Merrill Markoe has written books, TV, movies, stand-up comedy, and also for magazines and newspapers when we still had them. For a detailed bio and more videos, visit Merrillmarkoe.com. You can follow her on twitter @merrillmarkoe. Her latest book "Cool,Calm and Contentious" will be in paperback August 2012.

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