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Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her whole face wanted to be a part of the smile.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wanted
Nose
Whole
Noses
Made
Peculiar
Something
Smile
Wrinkle
Face
Smelled
Though
Amused
Faces
Wrinkles
Part
Unpleasant

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