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I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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Science Fiction Writer
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Columbus
Ohio
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Adventure
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