Rick Riordan
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 Riordan signing copies of the The Battle of the Labyrinth on November 3, 2007 |
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| Born | June 5, 1964 San Antonio, Texas |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genres | Fantasy, Detective fiction, Mythology |
| Notable work(s) | Percy Jackson and the Olympians series |
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Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964)[1] is the author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults[2] and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published by Scholastic Corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones.[3]
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Life and career
Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas.[4] He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986 where he double-majored in English and History.[5] For fifteen years, he taught in public and private schools in California and in San Antonio.[6] He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Master Teacher Award in 2002.[7]
Riordan is the multi-award-winning[8] author of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults; his The Maze of Bones reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list on September 28, 2008.[9] His Percy Jackson and the Olympians series features a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of an ancient Greek god. Film rights were purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and a feature film was released on February 12, 2010.[10] Rick Riordan lives in San Antonio with his wife and their two sons. Rick Riordan has stated that he is working on a new series based upon the Egyptian pantheon, which then turned out to be The Kane Chronicles. The first book, The Red Pyramid, was released on May 4, 2010.[11] Riordan is a regular guest of the San Diego Comic-Con International 2010.[12]
Works
Published books
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
- First series
- 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 Battle of the Labyrinth – U.S.A. May 6, 2008, U.K. July 3, 2008
- The Last Olympian – May 5, 2009
- Companion books
- The Demigod Files – February 10, 2009
- Demigods and Monsters – February 10, 2009
- The Ultimate Guide – January 19, 2010
- Film adaptation
The 39 Clues series
- The Maze of Bones – September 9, 2008
- The Black Book of Buried Secrets
- 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
The Kane Chronicles
- The Red Pyramid – May 4, 2010[11]
Unpublished
The Heroes of Olympus
- The Lost Hero – October 12, 2010 (visit www.camphalfblood and enter the password newhero to read the first two chapters)[11] (sequel series to Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
Awards
- 1998 Shamus Award and Anthony Award for Big Red Tequila[8]
- 1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for The Widower's Two-Step[13]
- 2008 Mark Twain Award for The Lightning Thief
- 2009 Mark Twain Award for The Sea of Monsters
- 2009 Rebecca Caudill Award for The Lightning Thief
Further reading
- Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring Rick Riordan. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson (Trinity University Press, 2008).
References
- ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bexar/vitals/births/1964/bexab64i.txt
- ↑ "About the Author". powells.com. http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781423101451-0. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ↑ Italie, Hillel (September 1, 2008). "'Potter' publisher looks to promote next big thing". FoxNews. http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep01/0,4670,Books39Clues,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ↑ "Rick Riordan ID Card". http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ↑ The Alcalde. 89. Emmis Communications. March 2001. p. 84. http://books.google.com/books?id=Xc0DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ "Rick Riordan". Scholastic. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=10315. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ↑ "About the Author". Hyperion Books for Children. http://hyperionbooksforchildren.com/data/books/dgpdf/14231014561838.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Big Red Tequila". Powells Bookstore. http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780553576443-0. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ↑ "Children's Books". New York Times. September 28, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html?scp=8&sq=rick%20riordan&st=cse. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814255/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero (9781423113393): Rick Riordan: Books". Amazon.com. 2009-09-09. http://www.amazon.com/Camp-Half-Blood-Book-Rick-Riordan/dp/142311339X/ref=pd_sim_b_1. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ↑ SD Comic-Con '10 – Schedule for Saturday (7/24)
- ↑ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards". book.consumerhelpweb.com. http://book.consumerhelpweb.com/awards/edgar/edgar1990.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
External links
- Official Rick Riordan Site
- Official Percy Jackson UK Site
- Miss Erin interview
- Starred Review of The Last Olympian
- Teen Libris interview
- Works by or about Rick Riordan in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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