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So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.

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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
Audiobook Narrator
Executive Producer
Film Writer
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Novelist
Playwright
University Teacher
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Norwich
Norfolk
Sir Philip Pullman
Sun
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Lyra
Away
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World
Walked
Sky
Turned

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