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I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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