“We had chemistry, and we could spend hours talking, and most importantly, we had the third thing. I felt like I’d gotten exactly what I wanted.”

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Lia Romeo is a playwright, essayist, novelist, and screenwriter. Her plays have been produced off-Broadway, as well as regionally and internationally, and her essays have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other national publications. She is currently at work on a screenplay.

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