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Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Every
Lining
Claws
Tale
Bloody
Fairy
Tales
Teeth
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