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You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.

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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
Places
Usually
Deal
Deals
Paradises
Learn
Mythological
Stuff
Labyrinth
Years
Paradise
Killed

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