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I am a child. I am two feet tall, and asking if she loves me.

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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
Two
Children
Tobias
Tall
Loves
Asking
Feet
Child

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