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I have so much paperwork. I'm afraid my paperwork has paperwork.

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
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Paperwork
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