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When I was a teenager I decided I was going to be a writer and that nothing was going to stop me. It sounds almost villainous. But I knew that was what I wanted.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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***A KEY WORD*** Imagined
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