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Her eyes were distant, and she seemed to be listening to that voice that first told her the story, a mother, sister, or aunt. Then her voice, like her singing, cut through the crickets and crackling fire.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mother
Cutting
Crackling
Stories
Listening
Crickets
Firsts
Told
Aunt
First
Fire
Cricket
Like
Eyes
Distant
Story
Sister
Eye
Seemed
Voice
Singing

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