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Adam had once told Gansey, Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Wants
Told
Hear
Anyone
Story
Gansey
Stories
Rags
Done
Adam
Riches

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