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Everyone on this island wants something kept quiet. I want to roar

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Silver Spring
Maryland
Roar
Island
Islands
Kept
Quiet
Wants
Everyone
Something

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