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Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.

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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Lexington
Massachusetts
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