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So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Brooklyn
New York
Heartfelt
Darkness
Lying
Better

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