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I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.

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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
Stood
Train
Hero
Married
Instead
Going
Think
Thinking
Polly

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