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Blake Polden

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Blake Polden lives in Tasmania, Australia—a place of wild beauty and quiet magic. Once an avid traveller, he now happily explores imaginary worlds from the comfort of home, accompanied by his dog Kip, his favourite humans, and an alarmingly high stack of empty coffee cups.

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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why?
Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?
Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.”
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“I think we ought to live happily ever after.”
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“I hope your bacon burns.”
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“Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”
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Kyle Thanks for the friend invite, Blake!


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