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Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.
Katherine Applegate
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Katherine Applegate
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 9
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Science Fiction Writer
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
Katherine Alice Applegate
L. E. Blair
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