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I racked my brain trying to remember the names of all of Nut’s five children. Bit difficult without my brother, the human Wikipedia, around to keep track of such trivia for me.

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