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Author Rick Riordan: "I wanna be a rock star"

In collage, author Rick Riordan was convinced he’s be a rock star. He spent the weekends playing in bands and writing songs, but soon he found himself pulled more and more toward English and those books he’d never read in High School. 

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Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths, Fantasy

Rick Riordan

“My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn’t realize they were learning.” ~Rick Riordan