Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is an American writer of fantasy books for teenagers. He is the author of the famous series about the hero-boy Percy Jackson, which in the United States competed with the Harry Potter saga in terms of the number of sales. The biography of Riordan is the story of an ordinary school teacher who wrote fairy tales for his son, who managed to make his dream come true and not only win the minds of teenagers, but also earn millions from his works.

Richard Russell Riordan was born June 5, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. His mother was fond of drawing and music, and his father was a sculptor, so the boy's interest in creativity was instilled from childhood.

However, a fascination with books, Greek and Scandinavian mythology appeared in the future writer only in high school. Before that, he sincerely considered reading to be boring, until the teacher advised him of "The Lord of the Rings." Tolkien's novel not only made him love literature, but also inspired his own creativity.

At the age of 13, Rick wrote his first story, followed by several more. He tried to publish early works, but then he failed. After school, the young man first entered a Texas college, and then moved to Austin and transferred to a local university, where he studied history and philology. During his studies, he led the amateur performances in the school camp. It was then that the future writer came up with the idea of ​​a half-blood camp, which is described in the cycle about Percy Jackson.

After graduating, Riordan became a teacher at the school. He settled in New Braunfels and started a family. After Rick lived for 8 years in San Francisco, he returned to his homeland and continued his teaching career. By this point, Riordan was ripe for writing his first full-length novel.

The book "Blood Red Tequila", written in the genre of a detective story with elements of mysticism, was published in 1997. The main character in it was a private detective, professor and martial artist Trez Navarre, whom Rick "settled" in his hometown of San Antonio. Later, the book became the beginning of a whole cycle of works and received almost all of the highest literary awards in the United States - the Edgar Poe, Anthony, Shamus Prizes.

In 2005, the writer switched to the fantasy genre. The teenage series Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, which follows the adventures of a 12-year-old boy who discovered his kinship with the Olympian gods, soon topped the New York Times bestseller lists.

The prototype for the protagonist was Hayley, the son of Riordan. As a child, the child was diagnosed with 2 diagnoses - attention deficit disorder and dyslexia. The disease greatly complicated the boy's life and study, and to cheer him up, the writer endowed the character of the book with the same problems.

Despite them, Percy, the son of Poseidon and a mortal woman, is invulnerable, has superpowers, knows how to control ships, fight with swords and swim underwater. The book is based on fairy tales based on Greek myths, which Rick wrote specifically for Haley. According to his father, the boy himself asked to make a book out of them.

Riordan very delicately touches on youthful problems in his books, and the world of fearless heroes, omnipotent gods, wise diviners and terrible monsters created by the author charmed first American teenagers, and then readers around the world - the books were translated into 37 languages. A total of 7 works were published in the series, the last one in 2014.

Later, Rick decided to continue the theme, keeping the chronology of the narrative, but slightly shifting the emphasis from the main character to the secrets and laws of the fictional world, and released 5 more books of additional materials ("The Complete Guide", "The Cruel World of Heroes and Monsters" and others).

Riordan did not strive for popularity and did not seriously try to make money on literature, so the resounding success came as a surprise to him: each new book in the cycle instantly took off to the top of the ratings, competing with Harry Potter and other well-deserved novels in terms of sales.

In 2008-2011, the author's bibliography was replenished with a new cycle "39 keys". This is a trilogy about schoolgirl Amy, who travels the world with her brother Dan in search of a solution to a family secret. The latest book is co-authored by Peter Lerangis, Gordon Corman and Jude Watson.

In the third series "Heroes of Olympus" the author turns to Roman mythology, and in 2015 - to Scandinavian. The new cycle "Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard" about the adventures of the son of the god Frey has not yet been fully translated into Russian. On the web you can find an amateur translation of "The Ship of the Dead" (official made by the publishing house "Eksmo").

The rights to film the entire Percy Jackson series were bought by 20th Century Fox, and the 39 Keys were bought by Steven Spielberg's studio. The first film was released in 2010, the second in 2013. Just like Riordan's books, the films have not avoided comparisons with "Harry Potter" and, according to critics, gave way to the famous works about the wizard boy in the entertaining and elaborate plot.

Rick Riordan has been married since 1985, his wife's name is Becky. The couple have two children - besides Hayley, they have a son, Patrick. The family has three pets - 2 black cats and a dog of the Labrador Retriever breed.

The writer has a Twitter account with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, in which he announces new works, posts family photos, reports from meetings and conferences, and quotes from books.

The writer continues to work and, according to his statement, is full of creative plans. He now lives with his wife and children in Boston, Massachusetts. Riordan no longer teaches and devotes himself entirely to books.

In 2016, he wrote "The Hidden Oracle" (in another version of the translation also "The Hidden Oracle"), which marked the beginning of a new cycle of "Trials of Apollo". A year later, the second book, Dark Prophecy, spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list of children's literature. Final books are slated for release in 2018 and 2019.

1997-2007 - cycle "Trez Navarre" 2005-2014 - cycle "Percy Jackson" 2008-2011 - cycle "39 keys" 2010-2014 - cycle "Heroes of Olympus" 2010-2015 - cycle "Heirs of the Gods" 2016-2017 - cycle "Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard" 2016-2018 - "Trials of Apollo" cycle

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Rick Riordan Net Worth 2022

Rick Riordan 's revenue is $1.7M in 2022. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Rick Riordan and could vary in the range between $823.2K - $1.7M.

Rick Riordan Net Worth 2021

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Rick Riordan Net Worth 2020

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Rick Riordan Net Worth 2019

Rick Riordan 's revenue is $1.8M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Rick Riordan and could vary in the range between $694.2K - $1.8M.

Rick Riordan Net Worth 2018

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Rick Riordan Net Worth 2017

Rick Riordan 's revenue is $1.7M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Rick Riordan and could vary in the range between $798.9K - $1.2M.

Rick Riordan Net Worth 2016

Rick Riordan 's revenue is $1.5M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Rick Riordan and could vary in the range between $716.5K - $1.9M.

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