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Texas Monthly Talks

Rick Riordan, Author

Evan talks with author Rick Riordan.

Aired 11/27/2008

Texas Monthly Talks

Rick Riordan, Author

Season 7 Episode 8 | 26m 46s

Evan talks with author Rick Riordan.

Rick Riordan transformed from a beloved teacher into a best-selling children's author with The Lighting Thief, the start of a much-loved series about a 12-year-old demigod and his friends. The first book in his next series, The 39 Clues, hit stores in September, with a first run of one million copies. Not grown up enough for you? Riordan also wrote the award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series.

Aired 11/27/2008

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Texas Monthly Talks is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS

Funding provided by HillCo Partners, JP Morgan Chase, The Mattsson McHale Foundation, MFI Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation

Texas Monthly Talks

Rick Riordan, Author

Season 7 Episode 8 | 26m 46s

Rick Riordan transformed from a beloved teacher into a best-selling children's author with The Lighting Thief, the start of a much-loved series about a 12-year-old demigod and his friends. The first book in his next series, The 39 Clues, hit stores in September, with a first run of one million copies. Not grown up enough for you? Riordan also wrote the award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series.

Aired 11/27/2008

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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