Authors: Joyce Maynard

To Die For (34 page)

Maynard pictured with her children on New Year’s Eve 2012. From left to right: Audrey, a school counselor living in New Hampshire; Will, an actor frequently seen on television and in films; Joyce; and Charlie, a DJ and turntable artist known as “Captain Planet.”

Maynard at her home on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, in 2006.

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