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Rick Riordan

"THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY OUT FOR THOSE


CLEVER ENOUGH TO FIND IT." -RICK
RIORDAN IS THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OVER TWENTY
NOVELS FOR YOUNG READERS, INCLUDING
THE PERCY JACKSON SERIES, THE KANE
CHRONICLES, THE MAGNUS CHASE SERIES
AND THE TRIALS OF APOLLO. BORN ON
JUNE 5, 1964, RICK RIORDAN GREW UP IN
TEXAS. HE ATTENDED THE ALAMO HEIGHTS
HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN 1982. HE IS
ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE MULTI-AWARD-
WINNING TRES NAVARRE MYSTERY SERIES
FOR ADULTS. FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, RICK
TAUGHT ENGLISH AND HISTORY AT PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND IN TEXAS.
WHILE TEACHING IN SAN ANTONIO, SAINT
MARY’S HALL HONORED HIM WITH THE
SCHOOL’S FIRST MASTER TEACHER AWARD.
WHILE TEACHING FULL TIME, RIORDAN
BEGAN WRITING MYSTERY NOVELS FOR
GROWNUPS.
HIS TRES NAVARRE SERIES WENT ON TO WIN
THE TOP THREE NATIONAL AWARDS IN THE
MYSTERY GENRE – THE EDGAR, THE
ANTHONY AND THE SHAMUS. RIORDAN
TURNED TO CHILDREN’S FICTION WHEN HE
STARTEDTHE LIGHTNING THIEF AS A
BEDTIME STORY FOR HIS OLDEST SON.

TODAY, OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION


COPIES OF HIS BOOKS ARE IN PRINT IN THE
UNITED STATES ALONE, AND RIGHTS HAVE
BEEN SOLD INTO MORE THAN 37 COUNTRIES.

RICK RIORDAN NOW WRITES FULL-TIME. HE


LIVES IN BOSTON WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO
SONS.

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