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I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

Alexandra Bracken

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Science Fiction Writer
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Ego
Lonely
Gets
Pretty
Company

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