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But in my head I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words: Yes, that's what I'm looking for, sweetheart.
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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
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Hartford
Connecticut
Suzanne Marie Collins
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