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I don't really control the story. I just let it go where it wants to go. I have no idea what's going to happen in the end or who's going to live, so it's kind of like me saying, I don't know, guys! Just wait. That's what I'm doing!

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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