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Richard Russell Riordan Junior (; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States. 20th Century Fox adapted the first two books of his ''Percy Jackson'' series as part of a series of films, while a
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adaptation is in production. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections. Riordan's first full-length novel was ''
Big Red Tequila ''Big Red Tequila'' (Bantam, 1997) is the first novel in Rick Riordan's series ''Tres Navarre'' and his first published book. It is a fast-paced crime story about an unusually talented and flawed hero, Jackson "Tres" Navarre, a third generation T ...
'', which became the first book in the ''Tres Navarre'' series. His big breakthrough was '' The Lightning Thief'' (2005), the first novel in the five-volume ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' series, which placed a group of modern-day adolescents in a Greco- Roman mythological setting. Since then, Riordan has written '' The Heroes of Olympus'', a sequel to the ''Percy Jackson'' series; '' The Kane Chronicles'', a trilogy of similar premise focusing on
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; and '' Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'', again a trilogy of similar premise focusing on Norse mythology. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop '' The 39 Clues'' series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, ''
The Maze of Bones ''The Maze of Bones'' is the first novel of The 39 Clues series, written by Rick Riordan and published September 9, 2008 by Scholastic. It stars Amy and Dan Cahill, two orphans who discover, upon their grandmother Grace's death, that they are p ...
''. In 2021, he published '' Daughter of the Deep''. His third standalone novel, '' The Sun and the Star'', co-written with author Mark Oshiro, is set to be released on May 2, 2023.


Life and career

Riordan was born and raised in
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. He graduated from Alamo Heights High School, and first attended the music program at North Texas State University, wanting to be a guitarist. He transferred to the
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and studied English and History. He received his teaching certification in those subjects from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He taught English and Social Studies for eight years at Presidio Hill School in
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. Rick married Becky Riordan in 1985 on the couple's shared birthday. They have two sons, Haley and Patrick. They moved from San Antonio to
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in June 2013, in conjunction with older son Haley starting college in Boston."Update from Athena House"
June 12, 2013. ''Myth & Mystery: The official blog for author Rick Riordan'' (rickriordan.blogspot.com). Retrieved November 14, 2015. Riordan has created several successful book series. ''Tres Navarre'', an adult mystery series about a Texas private eye, won the Shamus, Anthony, and Edgar Awards. He conceived the idea for the ''Percy Jackson'' series as bedtime stories about ancient Greek heroes for his son Haley. Haley had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, inspiring Riordan to make the titular protagonist hyperactive and dyslexic. Riordan published the first novel in the series, '' The Lightning Thief'', in 2005. Four sequels followed, with the last, '' The Last Olympian'', in 2009. Prior to ''Percy Jackson'', Riordan had written the ''Tres Navarres'' series, a series of mystery novels for adult readers. His '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series features the titular twelve-year-old who discovers he is the modern-day son of the
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god Poseidon. 20th Century Fox purchased the film rights and released two feature film adapations between 2010 and 2013. Following the success of ''Percy Jackson'', Riordan created '' The Kane Chronicles'', which features a modern-day Egyptian pantheon and two new sibling protagonists, Sadie and Carter Kane. Riordan also created a sequel series to Percy Jackson, '' The Heroes of Olympus''. Riordan also helped create the children's book series '' The 39 Clues''. He authored several of its books, including ''
The Maze of Bones ''The Maze of Bones'' is the first novel of The 39 Clues series, written by Rick Riordan and published September 9, 2008 by Scholastic. It stars Amy and Dan Cahill, two orphans who discover, upon their grandmother Grace's death, that they are p ...
'', which topped ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list on September 28, 2008. He also wrote the introduction to the Puffin Classics edition of Roger Lancelyn Green's ''Tales of the Greek Heroes'', in which he states that the book influenced him to write his Greek mythology series. In 2022, Riordan co-wrote the pilot for the '' Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' series on
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and is serving as an executive producer for the show. Disney had earlier acquired Fox in 2019, allowing it to gain the rights to adapt the ''Percy Jackson'' novels.


Awards

*1998 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel and Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original for ''
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'' *1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for ''The Widower's Two-Step'' *2008 Mark Twain Award for '' The Lightning Thief'' *2009 Mark Twain Award for '' The Sea of Monsters'' *2009 Rebecca Caudill Award for '' The Lightning Thief'' *2010 School Library Journal's Best Book for '' The Red Pyramid'' *2011 Children's Choice Book Awards: Author of the Year *2011 Children's Choice Book Awards: Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year for '' The Red Pyramid'' *2011 Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award for '' The Last Olympian'' *2011 Milner Award for Percy Jackson and the Olympians series *2012 Indian Paintbrush Award for '' The Red Pyramid'' *2013 Best Fiction Book for Children in
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for ''
The Mark of Athena ''The Mark of Athena'' is an American fantasy- adventure novel written by Rick Riordan, based on Greek and Roman mythology. It was published on October 2, 2012, and is the third book in '' The Heroes of Olympus'' series, a sequel of the '' Pe ...
'' *2017 Stonewall Book Award for Children's literature for ''The Hammer of Thor''


Bibliography


''Percy Jackson & the Olympians''

# '' The Lightning Thief'' (2005) # '' The Sea of Monsters'' (2006) # '' The Titan's Curse'' (2007) # '' The Battle of the Labyrinth'' (2008) # '' The Last Olympian'' (2009) # ''The Chalice of the Gods'' (2023)


Related books

# '' The Demigod Files'' (2009) # ''
The Ultimate Guide ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' is a series of five fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the ''Camp Half-Blood Chronicles''. The novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st cent ...
'' (2010, in collaboration with Antonio Caparo, Philip Chidlow, and Keven Hays) # ''Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo'' (2013; short story published in Guys Read) # '' Percy Jackson's Greek Gods'' (2014, illustrations by John Rocco) # '' Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes'' (2015, illustrations by John Rocco) # '' Camp Half-Blood Confidential'' (2017) # ''The Percy Jackson Coloring Book'' (2017, artwork by Keith Robinson) # ''The Lightning Thief: Illustrated Edition'' (August 14, 2018, illustrated by John Rocco)


''The Heroes of Olympus''

# '' The Lost Hero'' (2010) # '' The Son of Neptune'' (2011) # ''
The Mark of Athena ''The Mark of Athena'' is an American fantasy- adventure novel written by Rick Riordan, based on Greek and Roman mythology. It was published on October 2, 2012, and is the third book in '' The Heroes of Olympus'' series, a sequel of the '' Pe ...
'' (2012) # '' The House of Hades'' (2013) # '' The Blood of Olympus'' (2014)


Related books

# '' The Demigod Diaries'' (2012) # ''Demigods of Olympus'' (2015, interactive e-book)


''The Kane Chronicles''

# '' The Red Pyramid'' (2010) # '' The Throne of Fire'' (2011) # '' The Serpent's Shadow'' (2012)


Related books

# ''Survival Guide'' (2012) # ''Brooklyn House Magician's Manual'' (2018)


''Demigods and Magicians''

Published individually first, then as an anthology titled ''Demigods and Magicians'' in 2016. # '' The Son of Sobek'' (2013) # '' The Staff of Serapis'' (2014) # '' The Crown of Ptolemy'' (2015)


''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard''

# '' The Sword of Summer'' (2015) # ''
The Hammer of Thor ''The Hammer of Thor'' is an American young-adult fantasy novel based on Norse mythology written by Rick Riordan. It was published on October 4, 2016 as a hardcover, audiobook, and ebook, and is the second book in the ''Magnus Chase and th ...
'' (2016) # '' The Ship of the Dead'' (2017)


Related books

# '' Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds'' (2016) # ''The Magnus Chase Coloring Book'' (August 14, 2018, artwork by Keith Robinson) # ''9 from the Nine Worlds'' (October 2, 2018)


''The Trials of Apollo''

# '' The Hidden Oracle'' (2016) # '' The Dark Prophecy'' (2017) # '' The Burning Maze'' (2018) # '' The Tyrant's Tomb'' (2019) # '' The Tower of Nero'' (2020)


Related books

# ''Camp Jupiter Classified'' (2020)


''Tres Navarre''

# ''
Big Red Tequila ''Big Red Tequila'' (Bantam, 1997) is the first novel in Rick Riordan's series ''Tres Navarre'' and his first published book. It is a fast-paced crime story about an unusually talented and flawed hero, Jackson "Tres" Navarre, a third generation T ...
'' (1997) # ''The Widower's Two-Step'' (1998) # ''The Last King of Texas'' (2001) # ''The Devil Went Down to Austin'' (2002) # ''Southtown'' (2004) # ''Mission Road'' (2005) # ''Rebel Island'' (2008)


''The 39 Clues''

# ''
The Maze of Bones ''The Maze of Bones'' is the first novel of The 39 Clues series, written by Rick Riordan and published September 9, 2008 by Scholastic. It stars Amy and Dan Cahill, two orphans who discover, upon their grandmother Grace's death, that they are p ...
'' (2008) # ''Introduction to The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets'' (2010) # ''
Vespers Rising ''Vespers Rising'' is a part of ''The 39 Clues'' franchise, which includes the 39 Clues books, card packs, and interactive online games. The book is a transition between the first series, ''The 39 Clues'', and the second, '' Cahills vs. Vespers'' ...
'' (2011, in collaboration with Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, and
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)


Graphic novels


''Percy Jackson & the Olympians''

# ''The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel'' (2010, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Nate Powell, and Jose Villarrubia) # ''The Sea of Monsters Graphic Novel'' (2013, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Tamas Gaspar) # ''The Titan's Curse Graphic Novel'' (2013, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Gregory Guilhaumond) # ''The Battle of Labyrinth Graphic Novel'' (2018, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Orpheus Collar and Antoine Dode) # ''The Last Olympian Graphic Novel'' (2019, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Orpheus Collar and Antoine Dode)


''The Kane Chronicles''

# ''The Red Pyramid Graphic Novel'' (2012, adapted by Orpheus Collar) # ''The Throne of Fire Graphic Novel'' (2015, adapted by Orpheus Collar) # ''The Serpent's Shadow Graphic Novel'' (2017, adapted by Orpheus Collar))


''The Heroes of Olympus''

# ''The Lost Hero Graphic Novel'' (2014, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Nate Powell, and Orpheus Collar) # ''The Son of Neptune Graphic Novel'' (2017, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Antoine Dode, and Orpheus Collar)


Standalone novels

* ''Cold Springs'' (2004) * '' Daughter of the Deep'' (2021) * '' The Sun and the Star'' (2023, in collaboration with Mark Oshiro)


Other

# Introduction to the anthology ''Tales of the Greek Heroes'', Roger Lancelyn Green (2009) # Introduction to the essay collection ''
Demigods and Monsters ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' is a series of five fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the ''Camp Half-Blood Chronicles''. The novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st cent ...
'' (2009, 2013)


Rick Riordan Presents

In September 2016,
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announced a new Rick Riordan imprint. The imprint is called " Rick Riordan Presents" and was launched in March 2018. It is headed by Riordan's editor, Stephanie Owens Lurie. Lurie said that Riordan had been approached about an imprint several years ago but initially dismissed the idea because of his heavy workload. Later, he reported back that he had been "toying with the idea" and was "willing to go forward with a publishing line that was not a brand extension for his own work but a platform for Riordan to bring other great writers to the attention of his vast and loyal audience." She also said that the imprint planned to launch with two then undetermined books. "The point of making this announcement now is to get the word out about what we’re looking for.” The imprint will not publish books written by Riordan, "whose role will be closer to curator". In an interview with the ''Iowa Gazette'', Riordan said, "Instead of me writing all of the mythologies we are going to look for authors who already are writing about that stuff. If I feel like I can recommend them
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... we’re going to have them out here in the spotlight." A focus will be placed on "diverse, mythology-based fiction by new, emerging, and under-represented authors". Lurie expressed hopes that the imprint will help satisfy Riordan fans without asking the author to write more than his usual two books a year.


Notes


References


Further reading

*''Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists'' featuring Riordan. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (
Trinity University Press Trinity University Press is a university press affiliated with Trinity University, which is located in San Antonio, Texas. Trinity University Press was officially founded in 1967 after the university acquired the Illinois-based Principia Press. T ...
, 2008).


External links

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