Rick Riordan
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June 05, 1964
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San Antonio, Texas, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books
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Rick Riordan is an American author from Texas famous for his Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and, most recently, The Last Olympian). He also wrote the Tres Navarre series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series.
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The news broke in Entertainment Weekly this weekend, and I announced it live at the Texas Book Festival on Saturday: my Egyptian mythology series will be called the Kane Chronicles, and the first book's title is The Red Pyramid. The series follows brother and sister Carter and Sadie Kane, who accidentally help unleash the Egyptian gods into the modern world, and then discover they are the only one... ...more
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""Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."......I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.""
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?"
Zoe blinked. "Yes. What is funny?"
"Nothing," Grover said, trying to keep a straight face. "I could use some dam french fries."
Even Thalia smiled at that. "And I need to use the dam restroom."......I started cracking up, and Thalia and Grover joined in, while Zoe just looked at me. "I do not understand."
"I want to use the dam water fountain," Grover said.
"And..." Thalia tried to catch her breath. "I want to buy a dam t-shirt.""
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
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"Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades."
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
— Rick Riordan (The Titan's Curse)
"It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up."
— Rick Riordan
— Rick Riordan
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| Percy Jackson Geeks: FAV PJO QUOTES! | 1608 | 50 | May 15, 2009 04:57PM | |
| Novel Ladies: May 2009 | 133 | 55 | Jun 01, 2009 02:13PM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: Adam's 2009 Reading Goal | 23 | 201 | Jun 14, 2009 07:15AM | |
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