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I'm not ugly but I'm not pretty either. Everything is in-between. I have eyes that aren't green or brown, but a muddle. I'm not thin but I'm not fat either. the only thing you could definitely say about me is that: I'm short

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Aren
Short
Muddle
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Thin
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Fats
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Everything
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