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With my partner beside me, I fear nothing, not even death.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Beside
Partner
Partners
Fear
Death
Nothing

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