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Songs on Bronze

An interesting review from the Dallas Morning News. It’s not often a book on Greek mythology gets such high-profile coverage. I’ve ordered the book and will report back once I’ve…

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Gladiator Games in Jordan

A great article about Roman civilization being alive and well in modern times. As Dionysus says in The Lightning Thief, the three greatest games invented by humankind are pinochle, Pacman…

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A Tribute to Murder by the Book

I had the honor of writing the following tribute for the 2005 Edgar Awards, when Murder by the Book in Houston was presented the Raven Award for their contribution to…

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Commencement Address: the Well-Written Life

Commencement AddressSaint Mary’s Hall 2005By Rick Riordan This is weird because in 1982 I graduated in this auditorium, back when Alamo Heights was small enough to have commencement here. I…

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The Lightning Thief, coming June 28 from Hyperion Books 

A New Parthenon in California?

Becky spotted this news story today. Seems to support Chiron’s view from The Lightning Thief pretty well: You don’t have to look very far to find Ancient Greece in modern…

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