Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old who discovers he is a son of Poseidon. His books have been translated into 37 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. Twentieth Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 June 1964
CountryUnited States of America
I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time. --Percy Jackson
The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle.
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say it'll never happen.
I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters.
I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.
I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.
I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.
I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.
I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.
It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better.
I like to have a simple workplace.