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I can't get through the year without getting kicked out or blowing something up.

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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
Without
Something
Years
Kicked
Blowing
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