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But this isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than both.

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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
Even
Dreamed
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Imagined
Dancing
Seen
Anything
Music
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