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It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.

Gail Carriger

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Gail Carriger
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: May 4
Archaeologist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Bolinas
California
Evil
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School
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First
Choosing
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