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As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Writer
Successful
Felt
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Published

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