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Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.' 'Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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