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Schooling ain't life. Ain't it? she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Raising
Surprise
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Life
Schooling
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Eyebrows

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