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To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

Rick Riordan

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