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My job is to protect you, Lady Glinda even if you are loosing your mind.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Mind
Loosing
Lady
Protect
Jobs
Even

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