Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (/ˈraɪərdən/; sinh ngay 5 thang 6 nam 1964) la mot nha van nguoi My, nguoi đuoc biet đen qua bo truyen Percy Jackson va cac vi than tren đinh Olympus, ke ve nhung cuoc phieu luu cua mot a than, con cua Poseidon. Tac pham cua ong đa đuoc dich sang 37 thu tieng va ban đuoc hon 30 trieu ban. Twentieth Century Fox đa chuyen the 2 trong tong so 5 tap cua bo truyen thanh phim đien anh.
Tieu thuyet đau tien cua Rick la Big Red Tequila, sau nay tro thanh tap đau tien cho bo sach Tres Navarre. Tuy nhien, buoc đot pha cua ong chinh la Ke cap tia chop (2005), tap đau tien cua bo truyen ve cau be Percy Jackson, voi khung canh lien quan toi than thoai Hy Lap. Sau đo, ong tiep tuc viet cac bo truyen khach nhu Bien nien su nha Kane va Cac anh hung cua đinh Olympus. Bien nien su nha Kane (2010-2012) tap trung ve than thoai Ai Cap; Cac anh hung cua đinh Olympus la phan tiep noi cua bo truyen Percy Jackson. Ong cung giup đo Scholastic Press phat trien bo 39 manh moi, ong cung đa viet tap đau tien cho bo nay, Me cung xuong (2008). An pham gan đay nhat cua ong la hai cuon sach thuoc bo Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, đuoc dua tren than thoai Bac Au. Tap đau tien cua bo truyen The Trials of Apollo dua tren than thoai Hy Lap, The Hidden Oracle, đuoc du kien xuat ban vao thang 5 nam 2016.


Cuoc đoi va su nghiep Riordan sinh tai San Antonio, Texas. Ong tot nghiep truong Trung hoc Alamo Heights, va tham gia mot chuong trinh am nhac voi danh nghia nguoi choi guitar tai Bac Texas. Ong chuyen đen hoc tai Đai hoc Texas voi chuyen nganh Lich su va Tieng Anh; sau đo ong đa nhan đuoc chung nhan giang day cac chuyen nganh tai đai hoc nay. Ong đa day tieng Anh va khoa hoc xa hoi trong 8 nam tai truong Presidio Hill toa lac o San Francisco.
Ong cuoi Becky Riordan vao ngay 5 thang 6 nam 1985. Ho chuyen tu San Antonio sang Boston vao thang 6 nam 2013, khi hai đua con cua ho đen tuoi hoc trung hoc va cao đang. Nhan vat Percy Jackson trong tac pham cua ong lay cam hung tu Haley Riordan, khi cau goi y cho cha ve cac cau chuyen đau giuong.
Riordan gianh đuoc nhieu thanh cong tu cac bo sach. Tres Navarre, đa chien thang tai cac giai thuong nhu Shamus, Anthony, va Edgar Awards.
Ong đa len y tuong ve Percy Jackson tu chinh con trai cua ong, Haley. Cau bi chan đoan bi ADHD va chung kho đoc, va ong đa lay cam hung ma cho nhan vat chinh cung mac chung ADHD va kho đoc. Ong xuat ban tap đau tien cua bo truyen, Ke cap tia chop vao nam 2005; bon tap tiep theo đuoc noi tiep. Tap cuoi Vi than cuoi cung đuoc xuat ban vao nam 2009. Truoc khi viet bo truyen ve Percy Jackson, ong đa viet bo truyen Tres Navarres, voi cac tieu thuyet bi an danh cho nguoi lon.
Bo truyen Percy Jackson va cac vi than tren đinh Olympus ke ve nhung cuoc phieu luu cua mot cau be 12 tuoi trong the gioi hien đai sau khi biet minh la con cua mot vi than Hy Lap, than Poseidon. Tiep sau su thanh cong cua Percy Jackson, ong viet tiep bo truyen Bien nien su nha Kane, ke ve cuoc phieu luu cua 2 đua tre mang dong mau cua cac vi than Ai Cap, Sadie va Carter Kane. Ong cung đa viet phan tiep theo cho bo Percy Jackson, Cac anh hung cua đinh Olympus. Ong cung giup đo phat trien bo 39 manh moi,  tap đau tien cho bo nay, Me cung xuong đung nhat tai danh sach The New York Times Best Seller vao ngay 28 thang 9 nam 2008. 


Giai thuong 1998 Shamus Award cho Best First PI Novel va Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original cho Big Red Tequila
1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original cho The Widower's Two-Step
2008 Mark Twain Award choThe 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 choThe 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 choThe Red Pyramid
2011 Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award cho The Last Olympian
2011 Milner Award cho bo truyen Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2012 Indian Paintbrush Award cho The Red Pyramid
2013 Best Fiction Book for Children in Bulgaria cho The Mark of Athena


Cac tac pham = Tres Navarre =
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 va cac vi than tren đinh Olympus =
Ke cap tia chop (2005)
Bien quai vat (2006)
Loi nguyen cua than Titan (2007)
Cuoc chien chon Me cung (2008)
Vi than cuoi cung (2009)


 The Demigods of Olympus  The Two Headed Guidance Counselor (2014)
The Library of Deadly Weapons (2014)
My Demon Satyr Tea Party (2015)
My Personal Zombie Apocalypse (2015)


 Ngoai truyen  The Demigod Files (2009)
The Demigod Diaries (2012)
Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (2013)
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (2014)
Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes (2015)


= Cac anh hung cua đinh Olympus =
Nguoi anh hung mat tich (2010)
Con trai than Neptune (2011)
Dau hien Athena (2012)
Ngoi nha cua than Hades (2013)
Dong mau Olympus (2014)


= Tieu thuyet đo hoa =
The Lightning Thief (2010)
The Sea of Monsters (2013)
The Titan's Curse (2013)
The Lost Hero (2014)
The Red Pyramid (2012)
The Throne of Fire (2015)


= Bien nien su nha Kane =
The Red Pyramid (2010)
The Throne of Fire (2011)
The Serpent's Shadow (2012)


= 39 manh moi =
The Maze of Bones (2008)
Gioi thieu cua The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets (2010)
Vespers Rising (2011, hop tac voi Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman, Jude Watson)


= Tieu thuyet mot tap =
Cold Springs (2004)


= Trai Con Lai/Bien nien su nha Kane crossover =
The Son of Sobek (2013)
The Staff of Serapis (2014)
The Crown of Ptolemy (2015)
Demigods and Magicians (xuat ban ngay 5 thang 4 nam 2016)


= Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard =
The Sword of Summer (2015)
The Hammer of Thor (2016)
The Ship of The Dead (2017)
9 from The Nine Worlds (2018)


 Ngoai truyen  Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds (2016)


= The Trials of Apollo =
The Hidden Oracle (2016)
The Dark Prophecy (2017)
The burning maze (2018)
The Tyrant's Tomb


= Khac =
Gioi thieu ve tuyen tap Tales of the Greek Heroes, Roger Lancelyn Green (2009)
Gioi thieu ve bo suu tap Demigods and Monsters (2009, 2013)


Tham khao Lien ket ngoai Website chinh thuc
Cac cong trinh lien quan hoac cua Rick Riordan tren cac thu vien cua thu muc (WorldCat)WorldCat catalog)
Rick Riordan at Library of Congress Authorities, with 47 catalog records