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Morning, I say. Shh, she says. If you don't acknowledge it, maybe it will go away.

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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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Maybe
Morning
Away
Shh
Acknowledge

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