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... If we don't tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won't believe it.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Something
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Strange
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Happens
Stories

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