Rick Riordan is the author of the series: Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, and the Kane Chronicles. His books have been sold in 35 countries and there are least 35 million of his books from these three series in print in the United States. He started out being a full-time teacher but later on he switched to being a writer and is now a full-time writer.
His first novels were mystery books for adults which he wrote while he was being a teacher. Those books went on to win the top three national awards in the Mystery Genre. Before the series of the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif, he would read bed-time stories to his son. From that is where he got the idea to write Children's Stories and what came from that was the Percy Jackson series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus. He also wrone the Maze of Bones in the 39 clues series. Now he lives in Boston with his wife and two sons. His newest book, the House of Hades comes out 10-7-14 which will end the Heroes of Olympus series which is a step-off series of the Percy Jackson series.
I have already read the Percy Jackson series and am on the Mark of Athena in the Heroes of Olympus series. With the seven demigods about to go to Rome in the end of the Son of Neptune, the Romans think that the Argo II coming from Camp Half-Blood is a threat. When actually it's coming to get the other three demigods from Camp Jupiter and go to Rome and Greece to defend the original Mount Olympus.
The Mark of Athena is about how the seven are working there way to Rome and Greece in the Argo II to defend Mount Olympus. But Annabeth doesn't know what she is supposed to do about Percy. She is afraid that she won't need his old friends anymore and that he may like the Roman ways better now. Added onto that, Annabeth is carrying a demand from Athena which is to follow the mark of Athena and avenge her. But what is Athena trying to say to Annabeth? With Percy and Annabeth constantly among her thoughts, what is she supposed to do on this trip to Rome?
http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx
This link is a link that has the information on his books and a little information about himself. This is where I got some of the information to make this blog post.
I never knew how popular Rick Riordan was. I think it was very cool that he was a teacher before he was a writer and I bet that it gave him good insight on writing because he would know more about it. I have read some of his books but I had no idea how many he has written!
ReplyDeleteI never knew that Rick Riordan was a teacher before being a writer. This is some very interesting information, thanks for writing it!
ReplyDeleteRick Riordan is one of my favorite authors, mostly because of the Percy Jackson series and the Heroes of Olympus series. He is a great author who is great in writing mythology. Currently, I am in on The Mark of Athena. The first two books of the Heroes of Olympus series are awesome, and so far The Mark of Athena is also as good.
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