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I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Laurie Beth Halse
Away
Feed
Total
Sign
Complete
Neon
Sitting
Glowing
Stay
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Quite
Loser
Alone
Sane

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