Rick Riordan

This biography introduces readers to Rick Riordan, best-selling author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Readers will learn about Riordan s childhood in Texas, his career as a teacher there and in California, his early success with his adult mystery novel series about Tres Navarre, and the family inspiration for his Percy Jackson series, about a boy with ADHD and dyslexia. Readers will discover Riordan s lifelong love of mythology, which he has put into the Percy Jackson books as well as his Heroes of Olympus and Kane Chronicles series. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Riordan s childhood, education, and life as an author. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.