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Well, have you ever thought of bathing?' I asked, turning away. 'No one wants to hire a wizard who smells worse than their outhouse. And who knows what creatures are living in that hair?

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Away
Turning
Thought
Smell
Ever
Worse
Outhouse
Wells
Creatures
Bathing
Well
Asked
Wizard
Hair
Wizards
Wants
Smells
Living
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