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Articles by

Kathleen Toohill

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Kathleen is currently working on a novel and pursuing an MFA at the University of San Francisco. Her writing has appeared in TheAtlantic.com, Slackjaw, and ATTN. Growing up, Kathleen wrote and produced a number of off-off-off Broadway plays, which were performed in her living room and well-received by all critics in attendance. You can follow her work on Medium.

March 20, 2017

I Will Never Hire Children Living in a Boxcar to Solve a Mystery Again

by Kathleen Toohill

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