Stona Fitch

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Stona Fitch
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Education Princeton University (AB)
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Stona Fitch is an American novelist, best known for his 2001 book, Senseless, which was turned into the 2008 movie, Senseless, directed by Symon Hynd. Fitch graduated with an A.B. in English from Princeton University in 1983 after completing an 137-page-long senior thesis titled "Luxury You Can Afford - Ten Stories." [1]

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  1. Fitch, Stona James (1983). "Luxury You Can Afford - Ten Stories".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)