Rick Riordan is the award winning 1 New York Times bestselling author
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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 multiawardwinning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.
Rick is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.He taught english and history fifteen years at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary39;s Hall honored him with the school39;s first Master Teacher Award. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons.
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 children39;s fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son.
Today over 30 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States.