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Sometimes,” he says, sliding his arm across my shoulders, “people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.

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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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