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The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark but you are supposed to go through them.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
May
Long
Tunnels
Twisted
Supposed
Dark

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