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Christine C. Quinn is taking a step more commonly associated with presidential campaigns than mayoral ones: She is writing a pre-election memoir. Ms. Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council and a front-runner among the expected candidates for mayor, is writing a book about her childhood, her coming to terms with her sexuality and her ascent in New York politics, her publisher, William Morrow and Company, said on Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]