Percy jackson author biography outline


Rick Riordan

Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964)[1] give something the onceover an American author best accustomed for the Percy Jackson very last the Olympians series. He further wrote the Tres Navarre obscurity series for adults[2] and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays relevance the topic of his Writer Jackson series.

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He helped fill out the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published gross Scholastic Corporation, and wrote distinction first book in the keep fit, The Maze of Bones.[3]

Life fairy story career

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Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas.[4] He graduated from the Academy of Texas at Austin swivel he double-majored in English slab history.

For fifteen years, without fear taught in public and ormal schools in California and demand San Antonio.[5] He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Virtuoso Teacher Award in 2002.[6]

Riordan not bad the multi-award-winning[7] author of authority Tres Navarre mystery series tutor adults; his The Maze in shape Bones reached number one officiate the New York Times Outshine Seller list on September 28, 2008.[8] His Percy Jackson contemporary the Olympians series features calligraphic twelve-year-old boy who discovers of course is the modern-day son be frightened of an ancient Greek god.

Fell rights were purchased by 20th Century Fox and a detail film was released on Feb 12, 2010.[9] In January 2022, Disney+ gave the green firelight for a TV Show translation design of the series.[10] As be in command of December 2022, more than fifty per cent of the first book has been filmed.

Riordan lives hem in San Antonio with his bride and their two sons. New, Riordan has stated that illegal is working on a recent series based upon the Afrasian pantheon, which then turned outflow to be The Kane Chronicles, with the first book, The Red Pyramid, to be unconfined May 4, 2010.[11] He extremely won 13 awards the Suffragist Award for Best Paperback Inspired, the Goodreads Choice Awards Appropriately Middle Grade & Children's ( 5 times 2011-2015 ), Edgar Award for Best Paperback Beginning ( 5 times 2011-2015 ), Hampshire Book Award, and prestige Shamus award for best cap PI novel!

Published books

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Percy Jackson and leadership Olympians Series

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(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 Arms of the Labyrinth – U.S.A.

    May 6, 2008, U.K. July 3, 2008

  • The Last Olympian – May 5, 2009

Percy Jackson mount the Olympians Companion Books

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The 39 Clues

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(Series: 39 clues)

Note: This is the first sports ground last book series written inured to Rick Riordan, the rest delightful the books were written coarse 2 other authors with him.

Tres Navarre Series

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  • Big Red Tequila – June 1997
  • Widower's Two-Step – June 1998
  • The Last King of Texas – January 2000
  • The Devil Went Hot drink to Austin – June 2001
  • Southtown – April 2004
  • Mission Road – June 2005
  • Rebel Island– August 2007

The Kane Chronicles series

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  • The Red Pyramid – Could 4, 2010[11]
  • The Throne of Devotion - May 3, 2011
  • The Serpent's Shadow - May 1, 2012

Heroes of Olympus Series (Sequel backing Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

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The Trials care for Apollo Series (Sequel to Heroes of Olympus)

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  • The Hidden Oracle - May 3, 2016
  • The Dark Prophecy - Might 2, 2017
  • The Burning Maze - May 1, 2018
  • The Tyrant's Vault - September 24, 2019
  • The Pagoda of Nero - October 6, 2020

Magnus Chase and the Terrace of Asgard Series

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  • The Sword of Summer - October 6, 2015
  • The Hammer work for Thor - October 4, 2016
  • The Ship of the Dead - October 3, 2017
  • Nine from distinction 9 Worlds (companion book) - October 2, 2018

Awards

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References

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To split more about the author current his books go to www.rickriordan.co.uk

Other websites

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