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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
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Military City
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Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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I’m the god of funerals. I know every death custom in the world—how to die properly, how to prepare the body and soul for the afterlife. I live for death.” “You must be fun at parties,” I said.
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But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy! Chiron and Grover glanced nervously at the sky. The clouds didn't seem to be parting around us, as Grover had promised. They were rolling straight over our valley, sealing us in like a coffin lid. Er, Percy ...? Grover said. We don't use the c-word to describe the Lord of the Sky.
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Met them. Killed them. Got the T-shirt.
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All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.
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I can't get through the year without getting kicked out or blowing something up.
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Hestia shook her head. I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that's left. Home. Hearth. I am the last Olympian
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Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
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What did he say? Hazel asked. With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top, Percy replied.
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Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.
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Thoth's beak! You are impossibley stubborn. Yeah, it's a gift.
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