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A priestess of Avalon does not lie. But I am cast out of Avalon, and for this, and unless it is all to be for nothing, I must lie, and lie well and quickly

Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 3
Died: 1999
Died: September 25
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Science Fiction Writer
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Albany
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Morgan Ives
Miriam Gardner
John Dexter
Lee Chapman
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley
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