| 90th | Top people from Texas |
| 1st | Top Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original winners |
| Rick Riordan | |
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 Riordan signing copies of the The Battle of the Labyrinth on November 3, 2007 |
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| Born | June 5, 1964 San Antonio, Texas |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genres | Fantasy, Detective fiction, Mythology |
| Notable work(s) | Percy Jackson and the Olympians series |
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Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964) [1] is the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults[2] and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published by Scholastic Corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones.[3]
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Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas.[4] He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where he double-majored in English and history. For fifteen years, he taught in public and private schools in California and in San Antonio.[5] He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Master Teacher Award in 2002.[6]
Riordan is the multi-award-winning[7] author of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults; his The Maze of Bones reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list on September 28, 2008.[8] His Percy Jackson and the Olympians series features a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of an ancient Greek god. Film rights were purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and a feature film was released on February 12, 2010.[9] Riordan lives in San Antonio with his wife and their two sons. Recently, Riordan has stated that he is working on a new series based upon the Egyptian pantheon, which then turned out to be The Kane Chronicles, with the first book, The Red Pyramid, to be released May 4, 2010.[10]
(Film: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief )
(Series: 39 clues)
Note: This book series is the sequel to Percy Jackson & the Olympians.
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| Rick Riordan | |
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| File:Rick riordan Riordan signing copies of the The Battle of the Labyrinth on November 3, 2007 | |
| Born | June 5, 1964 San Antonio, Texas |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genres | Fantasy, Detective fiction, Mythology |
| Notable work(s) | Percy Jackson and the Olympians series |
| Official website | |
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964) [1] is the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults[2] and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published by Scholastic Corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones.[3]
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Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas.[4] He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where he double-majored in English and history. For fifteen years, he taught in public and private schools in California and in San Antonio.[5] He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Master Teacher Award in 2002.[6]
Riordan is the multi-award-winning[7] author of the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults; his The Maze of Bones reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list on September 28, 2008.[8] His Percy Jackson and the Olympians series features a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of an ancient Greek god. Film rights were purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and a feature film was released on February 12, 2010.[9] Riordan lives in San Antonio with his wife and their two sons. Recently, Riordan has stated that he is working on a new series based upon the Egyptian pantheon, which then turned out to be The Kane Chronicles, with the first book, The Red Pyramid, to be released May 4, 2010.[10]
(Film: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief )
(Series: 39 clues)
Note: This book series is the sequel to Percy Jackson & the Olympians.
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