About Rick riordan
Published on Apr 22, 2020
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Rick describes himself as a child as being introspective and not interested in things such as sports.
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Mr. Riordan actually did not become interested in reading until around the age of eleven.
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Rick Riordan credits his teachers for finding and providing him with books that he would enjoy, sparking his interest in fiction literature.
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Riordan holds an appreciation for his eighth grade English teacher who he says opened doors for him and suggested that he could be a writer.
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That same teacher would soon introduce him to his first taste of mythology by introducing him to Lord of the Rings.
His lineage was for the majority composed of teachers. His parents were teachers, as were a lot of his other family.
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Rick taught for about fifteen years, the majority of which were spent in middle school classrooms.
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Half of his teaching career was spent in California while the other half was spent in Texas.
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While describing his job as a teacher he noted that part of being a teacher is that he needed to be as excited about learning as he expected his students to be.
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Adding to that reflection, he notes that part of education is having fun with it.
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There are three things to do to become a writer: one has to read, one has to practice, and one must never give up!
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His son was the inspiration that helped him create Percy Jackson, the main character of his first series.
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Riordan found there to be a great connection between middle schoolers and demigods being that bother are stuck between two worlds.
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Middle schoolers are stuck between the world of adults and the world of children.
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Demigods are stuck between the human world and the world of mythology.
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While writing the Percy Jackson series, he would often test his drafts out on his own children as well as his students.
Some of his works include:
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