[Interview of author Rick Riordan].
Rick Riordan, author of the "Tres Navarre" series of detective novels, talks about his teaching and writing careers, his life in San Antonio, and the need to write authentically about real places, people, language, culture, and history. He discusses his characters and the situations in which he plac...
| Uniform Title: | Pedro and Diana Rivera Collection.
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| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pedro and Diana Rivera Collection.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (28 min.)) |
| Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
| Summary: |
Rick Riordan, author of the "Tres Navarre" series of detective novels, talks about his teaching and writing careers, his life in San Antonio, and the need to write authentically about real places, people, language, culture, and history. He discusses his characters and the situations in which he places them, his own limits in writing about social injustice from which he has not suffered, but being familiar with life in San Antonio and the multicultural environment in the community. Riordan is also known for writing the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series. Riordan is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas. |
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| Note: | Title supplied. Electronic resource. Part of the Pedro and Diana Rivera Collection. |
| Call Number: | Voice 23105 |
| Playing Time: | 00:28:00 |
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Broadcast 2005 February 26 |