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You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews.
Catherynne M. Valente
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Catherynne M. Valente
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: May 5
Literary Critic
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Seattle
Washington
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Humans
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