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Before she became the Girl from Nowhere-the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years-she was just a little girl in Iowa, named Amy. Amy Harper Bellafonte.
Justin Cronin
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Justin Cronin
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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