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I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Teaching
Create
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Come
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Long
Way
Readers
Always
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