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Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!

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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
Peacefully
Howl
Neck
Necks
Typical
Break
Find
Trying
Tidying

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