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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 9 February 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 ...
Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (2005-2009) The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005) The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (2010-2014) Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (2011) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011) Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan (2016-2020) Circe by Madeline Miller (2018)
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.
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 ...
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 had been working on The Mark of Athena since the completion of The Son of Neptune. [3] He collaborated with John Rocco for creating the book's cover. [4] During his tour to promote the last book of The Kane Chronicles, titled The Serpent's Shadow, Riordan read part of the first chapter of The Mark of Athena.
The Throne of Fire is a 2011 fantasy adventure novel written by American author Rick Riordan.It is the second novel in The Kane Chronicles series, which tells of the adventures of modern-day fourteen-year-old Carter Kane and his twelve-year-old sister - Sadie Kane, as they discover that they are descended from the ancient Egyptian pharaohs Narmer and Ramesses the Great.