Biography of rick riordan

Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5, 1964)^[1] is an American author best known for 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]

Life and career

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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 fo