Rick Riordan - wikipedia Rick Riordan This article is about the American novelist. For the former mayor of Los Angeles, see Richard Riordan. For the Australian politician, see Richard Riordan ( Australian politician ). Rick Riordan Riordan at the 2007 Texas Book Festival with advance publicity for The Battle of the Labyrinth Richard Russell Riordan Jr. ( 1964 - 06 - 05 ) June 5, 1964 ( age 53 ) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Occupation Novelist Language English Nationality American Alma mater University of Texas at San Antonio Genre Fantasy, detective fiction, mythology Notable works Percy Jackson & the Olympians pentalogy The Kane Chronicles trilogy The Heroes of Olympus pentalogy The Maze of Bones Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard trilogy Tres Navarre series The Trials of Apollo pentalogy Years active 1997 -- present Spouse Becky Riordan Children Website rickriordan.com Richard Russell Riordan Jr. ( / ˈraɪərdən / ; born June 5, 1964 ), is an American author. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, about a twelve - year - old boy who discovers he is a son of Poseidon. His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. 20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections. Riordan 's first full - length novel was Big Red Tequila, 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 series, which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco - Roman mythological setting. Since then, Riordan has written The Kane Chronicles trilogy and The Heroes of Olympus series. The Kane Chronicles ( 2010 - 2012 ) focused on Egyptian mythology ; The Heroes of Olympus was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop The 39 Clues series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, The Maze of Bones ( 2008 ). His most recent publications are three books in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series, based on Norse mythology. The first book of his The Trials of Apollo series based on Greek mythology, The Hidden Oracle, was released in May 2016. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Awards 3 Bibliography 3.1 Tres Navarre series 3.2 Percy Jackson & the Olympians 3.2. 1 Related books 3.3 The Heroes of Olympus 3.3. 1 Related books 3.4 Graphic novels 3.5 The Kane Chronicles 3.5. 1 Related books 3.6 The 39 Clues series 3.7 Stand alone novels 3.8 Demigods and Magicians crossover collection 3.9 Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 3.9. 1 Related books 3.10 The Trials of Apollo 3.11 Other 4 Rick Riordan Presents 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Life and career Riordan was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Alamo Heights High School, and first attended the music program at North Texas State, wanting to be a guitarist. He transferred to the University of Texas in Austin and studied English and History ; he received his teaching certification in those subjects from the University of Texas in San Antonio. He taught English and Social Studies for eight years at Presidio Hill School in San Francisco. Rick married Becky Riordan, originally from the East Coast, in 1985 on the couple 's shared birthday. They moved from San Antonio to Boston in June 2013, in conjunction with older son Patrick starting college in Boston. Haley Riordan inspired the Percy Jackson series as a bedtime story. Riordan has created several successful book series. Tres Navarre, an adult mystery series about a Texan 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 ADHD 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 and the Olympians series features the titular twelve - year - old who discovers he is the modern - day son of the ancient Greek god Poseidon. Twentieth Century Fox purchased the film rights and released a feature film in 2010. 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, 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. Awards 1998 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel and Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original for Big Red Tequila 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 Bulgaria for The Mark of Athena 2017 Stonewall Book Award for Children 's literature for The Hammer of Thor Bibliography Tres Navarre series Big Red Tequila ( 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 ) Percy Jackson & the Olympians Main article : 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 ) Related books The Demigod Files ( 2009 ) The Ultimate Guide ( 2010, in collaboration with Antonio Caparo, Philip Chidlow, and Keven Hays ) The Demigod Diaries ( 2012 ) 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 Theif : Illustrated Edition ( August 14, 2018, illustrated by John Rocco ) The Heroes of Olympus Main article : The Heroes of Olympus The Lost Hero ( 2010 ) The Son of Neptune ( 2011 ) The Mark of Athena ( 2012 ) The House of Hades ( 2013 ) The Blood of Olympus ( 2014 ) Related books Demigods of Olympus ( 2015, interactive e-book ) Graphic novels The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel ( 2010, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Nate Powell, and Jose Villarrubia ) The Red Pyramid Graphic Novel ( 2012, adapted by Orpheus Collar ) 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 Lost Hero Graphic Novel ( 2014, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Nate Powell, and Orpheus Collar ) The Throne of Fire Graphic Novel ( 2015, adapted by Orpheus Collar ) The Son of Neptune Graphic Novel ( 2017, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Antoine Dode, and Orpheus Collar ) The Serpent 's Shadow Graphic Novel ( 2017, adapted by Orpheus Collar ) ) The Kane Chronicles Main article : 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 ( May 1, 2018 ) The 39 Clues series Main article : The 39 Clues The Maze of Bones ( 2008 ) Introduction to The 39 Clues : The Black Book of Buried Secrets ( 2010 ) Vespers Rising ( 2011, in collaboration with Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, and Jude Watson ) Stand alone novels Cold Springs ( 2004 ) Demigods and Magicians crossover collection 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 Main article : Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard The Sword of Summer ( 2015 ) The Hammer of Thor ( 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 Main article : The Trials of Apollo The Hidden Oracle ( 2016 ) The Dark Prophecy ( 2017 ) The Burning Maze ( Scheduled for May 1, 2018 ) Other Introduction to the anthology Tales of the Greek Heroes, Roger Lancelyn Green ( 2009 ) Introduction to the essay collection Demigods and Monsters ( 2009, 2013 ) Rick Riordan Presents In September 2016, Disney - Hyperion announced a new Rick Riordan imprint. The imprint will be called `` Rick Riordan Presents '', and is planned for a July 2018 launch. It will be 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 is planned to launch with two as - yet 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 ( to my readers )... 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. Title Author Release date Mythology Citation Aru Shah and the End of Time Roshani Chokshi March 23, 2018 Hindu Storm Runner Jennifer Cervantes Spring 2018 Mayan Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha Lee Spring 2018 Korean References Jump up ^ `` Rick Riordan ID Card ''. Puffin Books. Retrieved April 13, 2012. Jump up ^ Lodge, Sally ( August 18, 2011 ). `` First Printing of Three Million for New Percy Jackson Book ''. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 18, 2015. There are 30 million copies in print in the U.S. of the novels in the author 's three series for Disney - Hyperion : Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, and The Heroes of Olympus -- and the books have been translated into 37 languages. Jump up ^ Italie, Hillel ( September 1, 2008 ). `` ' Potter ' publisher looks to promote next big thing ''. Fox News Channel. Retrieved April 26, 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Read an excerpt from new Rick Riordan ''. June 18, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015. Jump up ^ Springen, Karen ( May 31, 2012 ). `` Rick Riordan Makes His ' Mark ' ''. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 3, 2012. a cruise to the Baltic and Scandinavian countries last summer provided fodder for Riordan 's upcoming Norse series ^ Jump up to : `` Update from Athena House ''. June 12, 2013. Myth & Mystery : The official blog for author Rick Riordan ( rickriordan.blogspot.in ). Retrieved November 14, 2015. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick ( January 26, 2014 ). `` Mystery man ''. Boston Globe Magazine. The Boston Globe ( bostonglobe.com ). Retrieved February 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Big Red Tequila ''. Powells Bookstore. Retrieved April 26, 2009. Jump up ^ Williams, Sally ( February 8, 2010 ). `` Percy Jackson : My boy 's own adventure ''. The Guardian. Retrieved January 3, 2014. Jump up ^ `` About the Author ''. powells.com. Retrieved November 12, 2009. Jump up ^ Minzesheimer, Bob ; Craig Wilson ( January 13, 2011 ). `` Book Buzz : Riordan 's ' Fire ' ignites May 3 and a big week for e-books ''. USA Today. Retrieved January 22, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Children 's Books ''. The New York Times. September 28, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2009. Jump up ^ Lancelyn Green, Roger ( 1958 ). Tales of the Greek Heroes ( 3rd ed. ). Puffin. pp. v -- vi. ISBN 9780141325286. Jump up ^ `` Shamus Award Winners ''. The Private Eye Writers of America. Retrieved September 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Anthony Award Nominees and Winners ''. Bouchercon. Retrieved September 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Category List -- Best Paperback Original ''. Edgars Database. Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved September 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Edgar Allan Poe Awards ''. book.consumerhelpweb.com. Retrieved April 26, 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Mark Twain Award Previous Winners ''. Missouri Association of School Librarians. Retrieved January 21, 2012. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick. `` 2009 Rebecca Caudill Award - Acceptance Letter from Rick Riordan '' ( PDF ). Rebecca Caudill Young Readers ' Book Award. Retrieved January 21, 2012. Jump up ^ Jones, Trevelyn ; Luann Toth ; Marlene Charnizon ; Daryl Grabarek ; Joy Fleishhacker ( December 1, 2010 ). `` Best Books 2010 ''. School Library Journal. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Children 's Choice Book Awards Winners Announced ! ''. Children 's Book Council. May 3, 2011. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Soaring Eagle Book Award - Nominated Authors 1986 - 2014 Nominees '' ( PDF ). Campbell County Public Library System. p. 5. Retrieved February 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Previous Winners ''. The Milner Award. Retrieved June 4, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Indian Paintbrush Book Award by Author Name 1986 - 2014 Nominees '' ( PDF ). Campbell County Public Library System. p. 8. Retrieved February 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` ' Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard : The Hammer of Thor ' and ' If I Was Your Girl ' win 2017 Stonewall Children 's and Young Adult Literature Award ''. ALA News. American Library Association. January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Additional ALA Awards 2017 ''. The Horn Book Online. The Horn Book Magazine. January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Roback, Diane ( January 23, 2017 ). `` Barnhill, Steptoe, ' March : Book Three ' Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz ''. Publishers Weekly Online. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Winners of the 2017 Youth Media Awards ALA Midwinter 2017 ''. School Library Journal : Industry News. School Library Journal. January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Percy Jackson Coloring Book -- Rick Riordan ''. rickriordan.com. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 10. ^ Jump up to : `` Rick Riordan Announces New Books for 2018 ''. readriordan.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick ; Venditti, Robert ( 2017 - 02 - 21 ). The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two, The Son of Neptune : The Graphic Novel. Disney - Hyperion. ISBN 9781484716212. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick ; Collar, Orpheus ( 2017 - 10 - 03 ). The Kane Chronicles, Book Three, The Serpent 's Shadow : The Graphic Novel. Disney - Hyperion. ISBN 9781484782347. ^ Jump up to : `` Rick Riordan announces ' Trials of Apollo ' series set in Percy Jackson 's world ''. Hypable. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` The Sword of Summer ''. ReadRiordan.com. Disney - Hyperion. Retrieved July 28, 2015. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick ( 2016 - 08 - 16 ). For Magnus Chase : Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds : Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings, & Fantastic Creatures. Disney Hyperion. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick. `` For Magnus Chase : Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds ''. Series Info : Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. Rick Riordan. Retrieved September 13, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 9 from the Nine Worlds Cover Revealed ''. readriordan.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Trials of Apollo -- Rick Riordan ''. rickriordan.com. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 29. Jump up ^ Riordan, Rick ( 2018 - 05 - 01 ). The Trials of Apollo, Book Three : The Burning Maze. Disney Hyperion. ^ Jump up to : Corbett, Sue ( September 13, 2016 ). `` Disney Announces New Rick Riordan Imprint ''. Publishers Weekly Online. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Kuennen, Alyson ( October 31, 2016 ). `` Rick Riordan brings stories to Iowa City ''. TheGazette.com. The Iowa Gazette. Retrieved May 28, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Riordan, Rick ( 26 April 2017 ). `` Rick Riordan Presents ''. Further reading Art at Our Doorstep : San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring Riordan. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson ( Trinity University Press, 2008 ). External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rick Riordan. Official website Works by or about Rick Riordan in libraries ( WorldCat catalog ) Rick Riordan at Library of Congress Authorities, with 47 catalog records The Camp Half - Blood Chronicles Percy Jackson & the Olympians Novels The Lightning Thief The Sea of Monsters The Titan 's Curse The Battle of the Labyrinth The Last Olympian The Demigod Files Films Percy Jackson & the Olympians : The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson : Sea of Monsters Film cast members The Heroes of Olympus Novels The Lost Hero The Son of Neptune The Mark of Athena The House of Hades The Blood of Olympus The Demigod Diaries The Trials of Apollo Novels The Hidden Oracle The Dark Prophecy The Burning Maze Other Percy Jackson 's Greek Gods Percy Jackson 's Greek Heroes The Son of Sobek The Staff of Serapis The Crown of Ptolemy Characters Percy Jackson The Kane Chronicles Rick Riordan Novels The Red Pyramid The Throne of Fire The Serpent 's Shadow Other The Survival Guide The Son of Sobek The Staff of Serapis The Crown of Ptolemy Characters Carter Kane Other characters Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Rick Riordan Main novels The Sword of Summer The Hammer of Thor The Ship of the Dead Supplementary books Hotel Valhalla : Guide to the Norse Worlds Characters Alex Fierro List of characters See also Camp Half - Blood chronicles The Kane Chronicles The 39 Clues franchise Books The 39 Clues The Maze of Bones One False Note The Sword Thief Beyond the Grave The Black Circle In Too Deep The Viper 's Nest The Emperor 's Code Storm Warning Into the Gauntlet Vespers Rising Cahills vs. Vespers The Medusa Plot A King 's Ransom The Dead of Night Shatterproof Trust No One Day of Doom Unstoppable Nowhere to Run Breakaway Countdown Flashpoint Doublecross Mission Titanic Mission Hindenberg Mission Hurricane Mission Atomic Superspecial Outbreak Authors Rick Riordan Gordon Korman Peter Lerangis Jude Watson Patrick Carman Linda Sue Park Margaret Peterson Haddix Roland Smith David Baldacci Jeff Hirsch Natalie Standiford C. Alexander London Jenny Goebel Sarwat Chadda Other Characters VIAF : 60214017 LCCN : no97039491 ISNI : 0000 0001 0906 6661 GND : 131422693 SELIBR : 383442 SUDOC : 119587416 BNF : cb15554874g ( data ) BIBSYS : 9068118 MusicBrainz : 8849686f - e85c - 4a0e - 903f - 664759a9acde NDL : 00903078 BNE : XX1776344 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Riordan&oldid=827191182 '' Categories : Rick Riordan 1964 births Alamo Heights High School alumni American fantasy writers Living people People from San Antonio University of Texas at Austin alumni Anthony Award winners Shamus Award winners 20th - century American novelists 21st - century American novelists American mystery novelists American male novelists Hidden categories : Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism Use mdy dates from August 2013 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه বাংলা Български Brezhoneg Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Қазақша Кыргызча Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska Tagalog ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 23 February 2018, at 07 : 36. 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Question: what is the new percy jackson series called
Answer: The Heroes of Olympus