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I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

Rick Riordan

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Second
Write
Found
Book
Writing
Always
Hardest

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