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So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?' Kent does a little bow. 'You know I can't resist a damsel in distress.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Resist
Shining
Damsel
Doe
Kent
Littles
Knight
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Knights
Going
Armor
Bows
Distress

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