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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
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Fantasy Author
Novelist
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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