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Rick Riordan

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-27

Rick Riordan was born on June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas. He began studying music at North Texas State University before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned degrees in English and history, and later completed a master's degree in Gaelic literature from University College Cork in 2021. He taught English and social studies for eight years at Presidio Hill School in San Francisco before becoming a full-time author. His breakthrough came with The Lightning Thief (2005), which launched the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series; he has since created several further mythology-based series, including The Kane Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, and The Trials of Apollo. Before his career in children's fiction, he wrote the adult mystery series Tres Navarre, for which he won the Shamus, Anthony, and Edgar Awards. He later won the Mark Twain Award, and won two Emmy Awards as a co-creator and executive producer of the Disney+ television adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

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The Riordanverse

  • Core Canon books: 25
  • Current rank: #27 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 4.34
  • Award recognitions: 16 won, 3 nomination, 1 honor mention

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