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I love New York. You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
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