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Sean, as always, gets by on one word while everyone else needs five or six.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Five
Word
Everyone
Else
Needs
Always
Sean
Six
Gets

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