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The best thing about my faerie godmother is that the creepy just keeps on coming.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Dresden
Faerie
Creepy
Keeps
Coming
Best
Thing
Godmother

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