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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.

Veronica Roth

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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
Person
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Desperation
Surprising
Persons

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