Rick Riordan
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964) is an American author best known for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published by Scholastic Corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones.
Life and career
Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where he double-majored in English and history. For fifteen years, he taught in public and private schools in California and in San Antonio. He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Master Teacher Award in 2002.
Riordan is the multi-award-winning author of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults; his The Maze of Bones reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list on September 28, 2008. His Percy Jackson and the Olympians series features a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of an ancient Greek god. Film rights were purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and a feature film was released on February 12, 2010. In January 2022, Disney+ gave the green light for a TV Show adaptation of the series. As of December 2022, more than half of the first book has been filmed. Riordan lives in San Antonio with his wife and their two sons. Recently, Riordan has stated that he is working on a new series based upon the Egyptian pantheon, which then turned out to be The Kane Chronicles, with the first book, The Red Pyramid, to be released May 4, 2010. He also won 13 awards the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original, the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children's ( 5 times 2011-2015 ), Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original ( 5 times 2011-2015 ), Hampshire Book Award, and the Shamus award for best first PI novel!
Published books
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
(Film: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief )
The Lightning Thief - June 28, 2005 hardcover, March 21, 2006 paperback
The Sea of Monsters - May 3, 2006
The Titan's Curse - May 1, 2007
The Battle of the Labyrinth - U.S.A. May 6, 2008, U.K. July 3, 2008
The Last Olympian - May 5, 2009
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Companion Books
The Demigod Files - February 10, 2009
The Demigod Diaries - August 14, 2012
Demigods and Monsters - February 10, 2009
The Ultimate Guide - January 19, 2010
The 39 Clues
(Series: 39 clues)
The Maze of Bones - September 9, 2008
Note: This is the first and last book series written by Rick Riordan, the rest of the books were written by 2 other authors with him.
Tres Navarre Series
Big Red Tequila - June 1997
Widower's Two-Step - June 1998
The Last King of Texas - January 2000
The Devil Went Down to Austin - June 2001
Southtown - April 2004
Mission Road - June 2005
Rebel Island- August 2007
The Kane Chronicles series
The Red Pyramid - May 4, 2010
The Throne of Fire - May 3, 2011
The Serpent's Shadow - May 1, 2012
Heroes of Olympus Series (Sequel to Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
The Lost Hero - October 12, 2010
The Son of Neptune - October 4, 2011
The Mark of Athena - October 2, 2012
The House of Hades - October 8, 2013
The Blood of Olympus - October 7, 2014
The Trials of Apollo Series (Sequel to Heroes of Olympus)
The Hidden Oracle - May 3, 2016
The Dark Prophecy - May 2, 2017
The Burning Maze - May 1, 2018
The Tyrant's Tomb - September 24, 2019
The Tower of Nero - October 6, 2020
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series
The Sword of Summer - October 6, 2015
The Hammer of Thor - October 4, 2016
The Ship of the Dead - October 3, 2017
Nine from the 9 Worlds (companion book) - October 2, 2018
Awards
1998 Shamus Award and Anthony Award 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
References
To know more about the author and his books go to www.rickriordan.co.uk
Other websites
Official Rick Riordan Site
Official Percy Jackson UK Site
Miss Erin interview
Starred Review of The Last Olympian
Teen Libris interview
1964 births
Living people
Writers from San Antonio, Texas