# Documented Work

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Tannen is the author of thirteen books, including That's Not What I Meant! and You Just Don't Understand, the latter of which spent four years on the New York Times Best Sellers list, including eight consecutive months at number one and has been translated into multiple languages. She is also a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Time magazine, among other publications. The record is attributed to Deborah Tannen; it does not imply sole authorship of developments produced by a wider field or community.

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