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Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.

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
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Fridays
Friday
Hardest
Close
Ways
Freedom

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