Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing           was something she picked up by herself. After her first          ，teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM.         ，writing stories was simply a           interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商）。        they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long           and paid Tracy a $500，000 advance. “A pretty money, " said the publisher, " for        writer. "
     Tracy's characters (人物）are interesting, her stories sometimes      （9)     readers uneasy： those about the supernatural. " My mother believed I could          the afterlife world " ，she told a close friend. " She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago. "
“Can I? I don't think I can, Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have      （11）     when things come to me          .”Once, she was wondering how to complete a           set in ancient (古代的）China.          the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese          . It came without her having           it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained           by her fame. She lives in the same           she lived 27 years ago—although in a more comfortable home. There's more room for         in her life— and it wasn't just         

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