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We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents.

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