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Stupid how the mind will try to distract itself.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Mind
Distract
Stupid
Trying

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