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21/04/2018 GMT

Outlook Weekend: Grizzly

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Joyce Maynard had a pen pal nicknamed 'Grizzly'. Behind that name was a terrible secret.

Writer Joyce Maynard was used to fan mail. One day she received a very different kind of letter from a man who called himself 'Grizzly'. Behind that nickname was a terrible secret

American newspaper columnist Joyce Maynard was used to receiving fan mail. One day a very different kind of letter arrived for her - it was from a prisoner in California. She wrote back, starting a relationship with this man, who liked to sign all his letters 'your friend always, Grizzly'. Their relationship deepened, but behind his nickname was a terrible secret.

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