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Right,” I said. “So the baboon, the crocodile…any other pets I should know about?” Amos thought for a moment. “Visible ones? No, I think that’s it.

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