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I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.

Rick Riordan

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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
Writing
Fortunate
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Feel
Sons
Feels
Incredibly

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You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming “Hippo!” doesn’t have the same impact as screaming “Shark!” But I’m telling you—as the Egyptian Queen careened to one side, its paddle wheel lifting completely out of the water, and I saw that monster emerge from the deep, I nearly discovered the hieroglyphs for accident in my pants.
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The Feast of Fortuna had nothing to do with tuna, which was fine with Percy.
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It is, I said. And it's not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx. What? Dionysus cried. You don't trust us? Someone once told me, I said, looking at Hades, you should always get a solemn oath. Hades shrugged. Guilty.
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You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
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Leo grabbed the neasrest thing he could find- a Porta-Potty seat- and threw it at the face. Leve me alone!
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[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.
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Aphrodite, she said. Venus? Hazel asked in amazement. Mom, Piper said, with no enthusiasm.
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One down, Beckendorf said. About five thousand to go. He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. Then he threw me another essential tool of demigod heroes—duct tape
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I told you I try not to live in the past and nothing could change the fact that my mum was gone. But I’m a liar. The truth was, I’d had one dream ever since I was six: to see my mum again. To actually get to know her, talk to her, go shopping, do anything. Just be with her once so I could have a better memory to hold on to.
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