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I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
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Guess
Lying
Truth
Find
Sometimes

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