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Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
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Planet
Silent
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Blue
Creatures
Small
Space
Surrounded
Light
Fragile

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