C. M. Rubin

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Cathy Rubin, writing as C. M. Rubin, is a children's book writer. [1] She is also the author of The Real Alice in Wonderland , a biography of Alice Liddell.

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Biography

C. M. Rubin was born in Georgetown, Guyana. [2] She grew up all over the world, living in United States, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. [3] She worked as a marketing executive with EMI films and RCA/Columbia Pictures Video in Britain. [4]

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