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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 22 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. 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 ...
Rick Riordan: English: 7 + 5 companion books + 4 spin-off series: 2005–present: 180 million [207] The Baby-sitters Club: Ann Martin: English: 335: 1986–present: 172 million [208] Twilight: Stephenie Meyer: English: 4 + 2 companion books + 1 novella: 2005–2020: 160 million [209] Star Wars: Various authors: English: over 300: 1977–present ...
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 ...
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]
Sections entitled "Author's Notes" at the beginning and end of books in the series explain to readers that the story is a transcript of audiotapes Rick Riordan received from Carter and Sadie Kane. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The story takes place in the same universe as the Camp Half-Blood chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard and several ...
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 ...
Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a fictional character, the title character and narrator of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He is also one of seven main protagonists of the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus, appearing in every book except The Lost Hero, and appears in the Trials of Apollo series, making him one of the few characters to appear in all three series of the Camp ...