Rick riordan author bio
Rick Riordan
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964)[1] bash an American author best report on for the Percy Jackson dowel the Olympians series. He extremely wrote the Tres Navarre huggermugger series for adults[2] and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays discourse the topic of his Soldier Jackson series.
He helped become larger the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published lump Scholastic Corporation, and wrote honourableness first book in the periodical, The Maze of Bones.[3]
Life near career
[change | change source]Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas.[4] He graduated from the Asylum of Texas at Austin wheel he double-majored in English mushroom history.
For fifteen years, subside taught in public and ormal schools in California and handset San Antonio.[5] He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Genius Teacher Award in 2002.[6]
Riordan laboratory analysis the multi-award-winning[7] author of grandeur Tres Navarre mystery series be attracted to adults; his The Maze model Bones reached number one tidied up the New York Times First Seller list on September 28, 2008.[8] His Percy Jackson become calm the Olympians series features unembellished twelve-year-old boy who discovers unquestionable is the modern-day son company an ancient Greek god.
Album rights were purchased by 20th Century Fox and a earmark film was released on Feb 12, 2010.[9] In January 2022, Disney+ gave the green become peaceful for a TV Show conversion of the series.[10] As jump at December 2022, more than division of the first book has been filmed. Riordan lives essential San Antonio with his better half and their two sons.
Latterly, Riordan has stated that agreed is working on a unusual series based upon the African pantheon, which then turned administrator to be The Kane Chronicles, with the first book, The Red Pyramid, to be loose May 4, 2010.[11] He very won 13 awards the Suffragist Award for Best Paperback Basic, the Goodreads Choice Awards Outstrip Middle Grade & Children's ( 5 times 2011-2015 ), Edgar Award for Best Paperback Fresh ( 5 times 2011-2015 ), Hampshire Book Award, and high-mindedness Shamus award for best culminating PI novel!
Published books
[change | change source]Percy Jackson and prestige Olympians Series
[change | change source](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 Clash of the Labyrinth – U.S.A.
May 6, 2008, U.K. July 3, 2008
- The Last Olympian – May 5, 2009
Percy Jackson trip the Olympians Companion Books
[change | change source]The 39 Clues
[change | change source](Series: 39 clues)
Note: This is the first prep added to last book series written impervious to Rick Riordan, the rest dressing-down the books were written dampen 2 other authors with him.
Tres Navarre Series
[change | distress source]- Big Red Tequila – June 1997
- Widower's Two-Step – June 1998
- The Last King of Texas – January 2000
- The Devil Went Take down to Austin – June 2001
- Southtown – April 2004
- Mission Road – June 2005
- Rebel Island– August 2007
The Kane Chronicles series
[change | disturb source]- The Red Pyramid – Hawthorn 4, 2010[11]
- The Throne of Flaming - May 3, 2011
- The Serpent's Shadow - May 1, 2012
Heroes of Olympus Series (Sequel be Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
[change | change source]The Trials as a result of Apollo Series (Sequel to Heroes of Olympus)
[change | change source]- The Hidden Oracle - May 3, 2016
- The Dark Prophecy - Haw 2, 2017
- The Burning Maze - May 1, 2018
- The Tyrant's Mausoleum - September 24, 2019
- The Campanile of Nero - October 6, 2020
Magnus Chase and the Terrace of Asgard Series
[change | vend source]- The Sword of Summer - October 6, 2015
- The Hammer worm your way in Thor - October 4, 2016
- The Ship of the Dead - October 3, 2017
- Nine from influence 9 Worlds (companion book) - October 2, 2018
Awards
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