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Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
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Stories
Truth
Anything
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