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I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.

I worked as a secretary, a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school.

I did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.

I worked in restaurants, bars, record stores; I did anything and everything to pay my way through university and LAMDA.

I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school.

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby.

I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.

I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor.