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We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Darkness
Move
Moving
Lives
Light
Right
Unwind
Pleased

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