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A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

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
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Insidious
Pedestal
Prison
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