Rick Riordan

Richard Russell Riordan, Jr., more commonly known as Rick Riordan, (born June 5, 1964, age 52) is a highly acclaimed American author from San Antonio, Texas. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.

Biography
Riordan is famous for his Percy Jackson and the Olympians, series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series intended for adults and helped edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. In addition, he published Maze of Bones for Scholastic, which is the first book in the 39 Clues series of books.

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, Texas. As a teacher, he received inspiration for names included in his best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, like 'Jackson' (Percy's last name), Nancy Bobofit and even Luke Castellan and Paul Blofis.

Riordan is the multi-award winning author of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and the #1 New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Kane Chronicles series for children. The novels draw on Riordan's experience teaching Greek mythology and his interaction with students who have learning difficulties.

The Kane Chronicles was released in May of 2010, involving the Egyptian gods, but he hints that it relates to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (it is hinted in the book as well). He also wrote a second follow-up to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series. The first book, The Lost Hero, was released in October of 2010. The second book, The Son of Neptune, was released in October of 2011. The third book, The Mark of Athena, was released in October of 2012. The fourth book, The House of Hades, was released on October 8th, 2013. The fifth and final book, The Blood of Olympus, was released on October 7th, 2014.

Riordan also wrote a series of interactive stories in the app ''Demigods of Olympus. ''

Riordan released a crossover short story with Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Kane Chronicles. Three books in total were released: "The Son of Sobek", "The Staff of Serapis," and "The Crown of Ptolemy"  He also pointed out that he was going to write a book on Greek mythology called Percy Jackson's Greek Gods that came out August 19th, 2014. However, it doesn't have anything to do with the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series or The Heroes of Olympus series. Also, there is a short story called "The Singer of Apollo", which was released in September of 2013.

Rick also has stated that a new series based on old Norse mythology was being developed and that it would be published in 2015. In an interview with the Boston Globe, he announced that these books will take place in Boston, Massachusetts. In September 2014, during a live web stream, Rick Riordan announced the series would be called Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. At the back of The Blood of Olympus, the new book title was revealed to be The Sword of Summer. The book was released on October 6, 2015, with an amazing news of new Greek/ Roman series named The Trials of Apollo.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

 * The Lightning Thief - June 28, 2005
 * The Sea of Monsters - May 3, 2006
 * The Titan's Curse - May 1, 2007
 * The Battle of the Labyrinth - May 6, 2008
 * The Last Olympian - May 5, 2009

The Heroes of Olympus

 * 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 Kane Chronicles

 * The Red Pyramid - May 4, 2010
 * The Throne of Fire - May 3, 2011
 * The Serpent's Shadow - May 1, 2012

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

 * The Sword of Summer - October 6, 2015
 * The Hammer of Thor - October 4, 2016
 * The Ship of the Dead - Fall 2017

The Trials of Apollo

 * The Hidden Oracle - May 3, 2016
 * The Dark Prophecy - May 2, 2017
 * The Burning Maze

Demigods of Olympus

 * My Two-headed Guidance Counselor - August 7, 2014
 * The Library of Deadly Weapons - August 7, 2014

Graphic Novels

 * The Lightning Thief - October 12, 2010
 * The Sea of Monsters - July 2, 2013
 * The Titan's Curse - October 8, 2013
 * The Red Pyramid - October 2, 2012
 * The Throne of Fire - October 6, 2015
 * The Lost Hero - October 7, 2014
 * The Son of Neptune - February 21, 2017

Companion Books

 * Demigods and Monsters - February 10, 2009
 * The Demigod Files - February 10, 2009
 * The Ultimate Guide - January 19, 2010
 * The Demigod Diaries - August 14, 2012
 * The Kane Chronicles: Survival Guide - March 20, 2012
 * Percy Jackson's Greek Gods - August 19, 2014
 * Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes - August 18, 2015
 * For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds - August 16, 2016
 * Camp Half-Blood Confidential - May 2, 2017

Crossover Series

 * The Son of Sobek (Short Story) - May 7, 2013
 * The Staff of Serapis (Short Story) - April 8, 2014
 * The Crown of Ptolemy (Short Story) - May 12, 2015
 * Demigods & Magicians (Above three printed as a single volume) - April 5, 2015

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

Stand-Alone Novels

 * Cold Springs - March 2004

The 39 Clues Series

 * The Maze of Bones - September 9, 2008 (First Book)
 * Full List (Various Authors)
 * Vespers Rising - April 5, 2011 (Riordan with Gordan Korman, Peter Lerangis and Jude Watson)
 * The Black Book of Buried Secrets (introduction only)

Trivia

 * In The Demigod Files, it says that Rick is the senior scribe for Camp Half-Blood, so he may be the person narrating in The Heroes of Olympus series.
 * Rick originally wrote The Lightning Thief for his son, Haley Riordan, who has ADHD and dyslexia, in order to encourage him to read. The character Percy Jackson was based on him.
 * According to his official website, he has not seen the movie version of The Lightning Thief, or the movie version of the Sea of Monsters because he didn't want the movie to change the way he imagined the characters or the way they acted.
 * Rick Riordan does not like audio book versions of his books, because he says they don't sound the way he would like them to.
 * Rick Riordan never looks at fan fiction because he doesn't like that other people are writing about his characters, and he doesn't want people saying, "Hey, that was my idea though!" if he uses it in a book.
 * For some of his characters in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, he used his students' names, such as Connor and Travis Stoll and Katie Gardner.
 * "Riordan" means "royal poet" in Irish.
 * His favorite character to write in The Heroes of Olympus was Gleeson Hedge.
 * He once joked on twitter that he had a pet Hydra named Peanut.
 * He has been nicknamed "Uncle Rick" by fans.