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Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Lots
Avoid
Guys
Fun
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Death
Olympus
Trying
Hades
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Anubis frowned. He locked his very nice eyes with mine. “You’re not dead.” “No,” I said. “Though we’re trying awfully hard.
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She sacrificed her life to make things right, Mitchell grumbled. She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero
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The Princess Andromeda? Went ka-boom.
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I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.
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Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he’d had a lot of practice.
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Seven half-bloods shall answer the call To storm or fire the world must fall An oath to keep with a final breath and foes bear arms to the doors of death
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Why does it have to be so hard? Why can't it be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time?
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Here's a tip, Alyconeus. Next time you choose the biggest state for your home, don't set up base in the part that's only 10 miles wide. Welcome to Canada, idiot.
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You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming “Hippo!” doesn’t have the same impact as screaming “Shark!” But I’m telling you—as the Egyptian Queen careened to one side, its paddle wheel lifting completely out of the water, and I saw that monster emerge from the deep, I nearly discovered the hieroglyphs for accident in my pants.
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She deserved at least one person who saw her and knew how good she was.
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Zoë threw up her hands in exasperation. I hate this language. It changes too often!
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I'll let you and Zia have some quality time, she told me. Just the two of you and your coat.
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That was Hera. Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon.
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I gave her my deluxe I'll-Kill-You-Later stare.
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Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.
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Schist, said an angry voice from the grass. Hazel raised her eyebrows. Excuse me? Schist! Big pile of schist!
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You're the last Olympian,' I said. 'And the most important.' And why is that, Percy Jackson?' Because Hope survives best at the hearth,' I said.
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