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Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

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