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At least the girls in stories were alive before they died.

Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 3
Editor
Novelist
Poet
Writer
LA
California
Stories
Girls
Died
Least
Alive
Girl

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