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All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter.

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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
People
Filled
Land
Matter
Different
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