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Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (/ ˈ r aɪ ər d ə n / RY-ər-dən; born June 5, 1964) [1] is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Children's fantasy adventure series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" redirects here. For the TV series, see Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series). For other uses, see Percy Jackson (disambiguation). Percy Jackson & the Olympians Logo of the series Original Series The Lightning ...
Sales of those earlier books put Riordan firmly in mid-list territory: the most recent (and likely last) Navarre novel, Rebel Island, has sold a combined 10,000 copies in hardcover and mass market ...
Rick Riordan: Big Red Tequila Bantam Books, New York 1997: 1999 Steve Hamilton: A Cold Day in Paradise St. Martin’s Press, New York 1998: 2000 John Connolly: Every Dead Thing Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999: 2001 Bob Truluck Street Level Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2000: 2002 David Fulmer: Chasing the Devil's Tail Poisoned Pen Press ...
The Kane Chronicles is a trilogy of adventure novels based on Egyptian mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.The series is set in the same universe as Riordan's other franchises, Camp Half-Blood Chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
Other Riordan series. Percy appears in other Riordan series, though never as a main character. The books are all set in the same universe, which makes it easy for Riordan to inject him into the story.
The Heroes of Olympus is a pentalogy of fantasy-adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan. The novels detail a conflict between Greek demigods, Roman demigods, and Gaea . In the fourth book of the series, there is also a fight against Tartarus , which, in Greek mythology, was the darkest and deepest point of the Underworld.
American author Rick Riordan was approached by Disney about creating an imprint but was initially unable to focus on the request. He later responded to Disney stating that he wanted to launch an imprint that would "find, nurture, and promote the best storytellers for middle grade readers" and "focus on diverse, mythology-based fiction by new, emerging, and under-represented authors". [1]