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ONE THING I AM NEVER GOING TO DO WHEN I GROW UP Is fall in love, drop out of college, learn to subsist on water and air, have a species named after me, and ruin my life.

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Nicole Krauss
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: August 18
Author
Novelist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
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Ruins
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Air
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