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- So my own sister will not promote me? Speaking of which, weren't you supposed to find me a beautiful future wife with a small fortune? Have you had any success on that front? - Yes - I have warned them all.

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
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Texas
United States
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