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Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Helped
Solitude
Painful
Students
Learning
Miri
Inspirational
Chill
Around
Ignore
Throwing

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