Q:Facts: - genre: mix of reality and fiction - birth date: 1950 - name: laura restrepo - birth place: bogota , colombia - occupation: novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of laura restrepo .
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laura restrepo -lrb- born in bogota , colombia in 1950 -rrb- is a colombian author who began writing what were mainly political columns in her mid-twenties .her first novel , '' isle of passion '' , is based on historical deeds that occurred on clipperton island .