Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles,
and the Heroes of Olympus. 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.
In 2002, 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 started
The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son.
Today over 35 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles,
and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States, and
rights have been sold into more than 35 countries. Rick is also the
author of The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, another #1 New York
Times bestseller.
Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife
and two sons.
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