Richard Russell Rick Riordan, Jr. is an American writer well known for composing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also created the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 works in The 39 Clues series, released by Scholastic Corporation, and created the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones. He is currently working on the third works of two new series: The Kane Chronicles, which focuses on Egyptian mythology; and The Heroes of Olympus, which is the sequel to the Percy Jackson series and which focuses on Greek and Roman mythology.
Riordan was brought up in San Antonio, Texas. He finished Alamo Heights university in 1982 and the High school of Texas at Austin in 1986, where he double-majored in English and history. Riordan taught English and history, including Greek mythology, in middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in San Antonio. He was prized St. Mary's Hall's first Master Teacher Prize in 2002.
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As a novel writer, Riordan has produced many successful series. The multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series, intended for adults, follows the fast-paced adventures of an erudite Texan private eye. Riordan also helped create the children's book series The 39 Clues; he authored several of its works, including The Maze of Bones, which topped the New York Times Best Seller list on September 28, 2008.
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