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She smiles.Her teeth are crooked. If I knocked them out,I might be doing her a favor.

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