Rick Riordan

About the Author

• Middle School teacher for 15 years
• Lives in Texas with Wife with Chilldren
• Went to University of Texas in Austin
• Percy Jackson stories started as stories for his Son that has ADHD and Delexyia.
• Wrote short stories in his teenange years

Popular Series

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians
• The Heros of Olympus
• Kane Chronicles
• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
• The 39 Clues
• The Trials of Apollo
• Tres Navarre

Rick Riodan wrote the stories of Percy Jackson as a teenage boy that always finds himself in some kind of trouble in School. He has very bad ADHD and Dyslexia. The twist is that he has these disabilities because he is actually the son of the Greek God Poseidon and is a Demigod. Rick Riodan brings a whole new world to life of Percy and his friends that is filled with imagination. These group of kids do not just fight with gods and monsters, but also deal with everything that comes with being a teenager and all the obstacles that come with it.

Rick Riodan's tales tell of how everyday teenagers feel and respond to the world we live in now with just a twist of some out rouges adventures of monsters and gods. He has the special connection with his readers it being a kids that struggles in school or a kid coming from a rough family life.