Spotlight on Rick Riordan.
Author info:
Rick Riordan is an American author from Texas famous for his Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian). He attended The University of Texas at Austin in 1986, where he double-majored in English and History He also wrote The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles) and, most recently, The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus). He also wrote the Tres Navarre series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He also wrote book one of the 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones), published by Scholastic Corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones.
Visit his website: http://www.rickriordan.com
Books Written:
The Tres Navarre series:
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series:
The Kane Chronicles series:
*The Throne of Fire hasn't been released yet.
The Maze of Bones:
The Heroes of Olympus series:
Next book in this series is The Son of Neptune.
I've read the Percy Jackson series and The Lost Hero series which are both MG books, (as is the Maze of Bones). I haven't read the Tres Navarre series though since it's an adult level series. The Heroes of Olympus is a kind of spinoff from the Percy Jackson series and it's very good. It has all new characters and the such, but I'll explain more about it in my review (which is soon coming).
Rick Riordan always writes with humour. He's brilliant at writing easy to read, action packed stories that everyone, kids, teens and adults can enjoy. He uses various mythologies and incorporates them in his work easily and fluidly. The Percy Jackson series is and will forever remain a classic in my view and I'm super excited to read more about Percy's world in the Heroes of Olympus series.
If you haven't read anything by Rick Riordan, I strongly suggest you should.
I love the Percy Jackson books and the Lost Heroes. Haven't read any of his other books, but really like his style.
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Thanks! Rick Riordan's books are my newest obsession. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Lost Hero is mainly shown through a little more attention to romantic possibilities. Jason is attracted to Piper, and Piper is coming to grips with the fact that the mind-altering Mist of the gods has given her fake memories of dating him. She's deeply hurt by the fact that her past relationship with Jason isn't real, but her feelings are still real, and she and Jason grow to appreciate each other as friends and quest companions, though the potential for something more is definitely going to be explored in future books
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