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I'm trying to make you think I'm a decent person. Telling you I saw you naked while I was another species does not help my case

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
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Cases
Think
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Thinking
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Another
Naked
Doe
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Species
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