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In 2004, the book was sold to Miramax Books for enough money that Riordan could quit his job and focus on writing full-time. [5] After it was published in 2005, it sold more than 1.2 million copies. The book was released in multiple editions, including hardcover, paperback, and audio editions.
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.
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 ...
The Sea of Monsters was released on April 1, 2006, [2] by Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children, [1] [2] and thus Disney Publishing (succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint). It was generally well–received and was nominated for numerous awards, including the 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick [ 3 ] and the 2009 Mark Twain ...
We discussed lots of favorite authors -- theirs and mine -- but none caused the class to go into a state of communal frenzy like Rick Riordan, the author of the wildly popular Percy Jackson series ...
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 ...
The Lightning Thief is a 2005 American fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first children's novel by Rick Riordan.The opening installment in the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the book was recognized among the year's best for children.
The Tyrant's Tomb is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.It was first published on September 24, 2019, and is the fourth book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.