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Having a friend made everything else suck less.

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Laurie Beth Halse
Less
Else
Everything
Made
Suck
Friend

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