PRINCESS LEIA + CARRIE FISHER REMEMBERED (MF GALAXY 103)

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FIVE WOMEN CREATORS + CULTURE COMMENTATORS DISCUSS MEMORIES AND IMPACT OF CARRIE FISHER THE WRITER + MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AND PRINCESS LEIA THE SFF/POP CULTURE ICON 
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Two  words known by hundreds of millions: "Princess Leia." That's the legacy  of the collaboration among Carrie Fisher, George Lucas, and hundreds of  other filmmakers who worked on the Star Wars saga.

But  without Fisher herself--the actor, the public personality, and the  astonishing accomplished novelist, screenwriter, and memoirist--Princess  Leia could never have become the icon she was.

 MF  GALAXY celebrates the life and legacy of Carrie Fisher and her most  enduring role by speaking with authors Jennifer Marie Brissett, Krista  D. Ball, and Sparkle Hayter, writer Mari Sasano, and director Zoe  Hopkins.





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Krista D. Ball.com
Jenn Brissett.com
Sparkle Hayter.com
Zoe Hopkins IMDb
Mari Sasano.ca

Jennifer Marie Brissett on creating intimacy between readers and characters
How Krista D. Ball pays the mortgage with Ebook sales

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Carrie Fisher with Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Kylie Minogue

Teen-aged Carrie Fisher with mother Debbie Reynolds

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