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When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything

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Emma Donoghue
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 24
Literary Historian
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
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Five
Kids
Thought
Littles
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Everything

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