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when was the first percy jackson book published
The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series was published on July 1, 2005.
who wrote The Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief was written by Rick Riordan.
did The Lightning Thief win any awards
It won the Adult Library Services Association Best Books for Young Adults, among other awards.
which book followed The Lightning Thief
This novel is followed by The Sea of Monsters and spawned two sequel series and the extended universe of the Camp Half-Blood chronicles.

Question: what inspired the development of the book
Self-contained rewrite: what inspired the development of The Lightning Thief