Rick Riordan Author Study Born June 5 1964

Rick Riordan Author Study

Born June 5, 1964 In San Antonio, Texas His parents were both teachers and very artistic His mom was a musician and an artist His Dad was a ceramicist—aka he made stuff out of clay Early Life His favorite book was Lord of the Rings, and has always had a love for Greek and Norse mythology He read Lord of the Rings at least 10 times! Started writing when he was only 13 He sent his first story in to get published, but was actually rejected Never give up on your dreams! He worked at a summer camp when he was in college Which is where he got the idea for Camp Half-Blood

He was a teacher for 15 years after graduating from University of Texas San Antonio Teaching English and Mythology, of course While he was working, he wrote mystery novels for adults. The Tres Navarre series Life as an Adult But he came up with the idea for his first children’s novel when he came up with The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for one of his sons who had an interest in Greek mythology and had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia (like a certain favorite demigod of ours) Rick, his wife, and two sons (Haley and Patrick) live in San Antonio where he is a full-time writer. Over 50 million copies of his books are in print in the United states.

His Books: For Adults Tres Navarre Series Big Red Tequila The Widower’s Two-Step The Last King of Texas The Devil Went Down to Austin South Town Mission Road Rebel Island Cold Springs

His Books: At Least a Few of the Ones That Have Percy Jackson and the Olympians series The Lightning Thief The Sea of Monsters The Titan’s Curse The Battle of the Labyrinth The Last Olympian More books on this series The Demigod Files The Ultimate Guide The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel The Sea of Monsters: The Graphic Novel The Titan’s Curse: The Graphic Novel Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods Demigods & Magicians (Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes)

His Books: A Few More That Have Percy Jackson Characters The Heroes of Olympus series The Lost Hero The Son of Neptune The Mark of Athena The House of Hades The Blood of Olympus More books on this series The Demigod Diaries The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel The Trials of Apollo series (this one’s new!) The Hidden Oracle The Dark Prophecy (Coming in 2017)

The Kane Chronicles series The Red Pyramid The Throne of Fire The Serpent’s Shadow His Books: Other Books for Children More books on this series The Kane Chronicles: Survival Guide The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel The Throne of Fire: The Graphic Novel Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard The Sword of Summer The Hammer of Thor The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones

“Deadlines just aren’t real to me until I’m staring one in the face. ” Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief “Most problems look worse than they are. Nothing is unfixable. ” Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero Quotes by Rick Riordan “THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD!!!” Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief “It’s not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better” Rick Riordan “Kids are the audience I know best. ” Rick Riordan

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