Rick Riordan
Life Events
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
5 June 1964 | Birth | Rick Riordan created Percy Jackson while making up bedtime stories for his son, who had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. The Lightning Thief was published in 2005 and launched a series that has introduced Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse mythology to a generation of young readers. |
Birth5 June 1964
Rick Riordan created Percy Jackson while making up bedtime stories for his son, who had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. The Lightning Thief was published in 2005 and launched a series that has introduced Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse mythology to a generation of young readers.
Reading Orders
Universes (1)
Series (5)
The Heroes of Olympus
Riordanverse
A prophecy of seven demigods from both the Greek camp and its Roman counterpart, Camp Jupiter, who must sail together to stop Gaia, the earth goddess, from waking and destroying both worlds. Where the original series followed Percy alone, Heroes of Olympus splits its narrative across seven characters, alternating perspectives to build an ensemble story about two traditions that have been kept separate for centuries and the cost of bringing them together. Direct continuation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, beginning immediately after the events of The Last Olympian.
The Kane Chronicles
Riordanverse
Carter and Sadie Kane are the children of Julius Kane, a brilliant Egyptologist who accidentally releases the five most powerful Egyptian gods into the modern world. Suddenly hosts to divine power and hunted by the House of Life, the ancient order of Egyptian magicians, the Kane siblings must master their abilities and stop Set from destroying North America. A standalone trilogy set in the same world as the Greek series but operating entirely within Egyptian mythology, with a dual first-person narration structure that distinguishes it from every other Riordanverse series.
Books (21)
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2005
Percy Jackson has been expelled from six schools in six years and has no idea why monsters keep attacking him. When he discovers he is the son of a Greek god, he is taken to Camp Half-Blood, a training ground for demigods hidden in Long Island. Within days he is accused of stealing Zeus's master lightning bolt and sent on a quest across America to prevent a war between the Olympians. The first novel establishes the world, the voice, and the central trio of Percy, Annabeth, and Grover in a story that moves fast and takes its mythology seriously without taking itself too seriously.
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2006
Camp Half-Blood is under attack and its magical borders are failing. Percy discovers he has a cyclops half-brother named Tyson, which complicates everything, and learns that the only thing that can save the camp is the Golden Fleece, last seen in the Sea of Monsters. A shorter, tighter book than its predecessor, introducing Thalia's tree and the broader stakes of Kronos's return.
