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Sometimes I'm afraid to go to sleep because of what I'm leaving behind.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Leaving
Afraid
Behinds
Behind
Sleep
Sometimes

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