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Next time we see you, you’ll be on trial for some ingenious crime!” Dottie said with a laugh. Evie grinned. “Just as long as they know my name.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Long
Trial
Time
Trials
Laugh
Crime
Laughing
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Evie
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Grinned
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Ingenious

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