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But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Thinking
Thinks
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Dies

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