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Stories don’t end with the writers, however many started the race.

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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
Race
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Stories
Many
Writers
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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.
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