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Revelations are never convenient, and always annoying.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Convenient
Annoying
Revelations
Always
Never

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