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Date of birth
On June 5th 1964 a young boy named Rick Riordan was born.He is an only child. -
School life
In high school (Alamo Heights) he was the editor for the school newspaper.He went to the university of texas and got a graduation in english and history.1979-1986 -
Career
He worked at presidio hill and taught english,history, and greek mythology for 15 years.In 2002 he was awarded "best master teacher" -
why he started percy jackson
His son was very interested in greek mythology and asked his father to tell him stories and he wrote novels for him he then published the books it was a complete hit!!His son was also diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia this was included in the percy jackson series. -
other books and awards
He also wrote other books such as 'the widowers two step'(1998)and 'big red tequila'(1997).Anthony award(1999),Shamus award(1999),Edger award,Mark Twain award(2008/2009),and Rebecca Caudill award(2009) were all won by this famous author.