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Americans are an odd bunch, but they grow on you.

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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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Oh, don't mind me! Just the queen of the heavens, dying over here!
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