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Julie Flynn Badal

Julie Flynn Badal lives with her husband and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York. She has written a series of personal essays for the Huffington Post and is currently finishing her first novel. She has an MFA in New Media from the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Julie Flynn Badal