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I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast.

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Bret Easton Ellis
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Executive Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Podcaster
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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LA
California
Bret-Easton Ellis
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