Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan Books, there is probably no one in the whole wide world who doesn’t like to read them. Many people are especially thankful to the authors that write the books. Authors aren’t just the creators of wonderful books that we crave; they have their own life too. In fact, events in an author’s own life have influenced them to write excellent books. A perfect example could be Helen Keller. Helen had grown up both deaf and blind, and that influenced her to learn brail and she wrote many books about her own life. Another favorite is Rick Riordan. Rick Riordan has written many wonderful books and series that children and adults both enjoy. Like Helen Keller, Rick Riordan also had his own life story which was; Rick Riordan’s journey to becoming a world class writer. Rick Riordan was born on June fifth in the year of 1964, in San Antonio, Texas. While attending middle school, Rick was very intrigued by Greek and Norse mythology. After middle school, Rick attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. In high school, he was the editor of the school newspaper. Rick also wrote an underground newspaper that was degrading the school, especially the losing football team (Riordan). Both of Rick Riordan’s parents were teachers, and they both also had other occupations. Rick’s father was ceramicist, which is someone who makes things out of clay. His Mother on the other hand was both a musician and an artist (Riordan). While Rick Riordan attended college at The University of Texas in Austin, he worked at a summer camp for three years as the music director. This summer camp inspired camp Half-Blood, a summer camp in his Percy Jackson series. Growing up in an artistic family had influenced him to write and play the guitar. Rick Riordan married and he lived with his wife in San Francisco for eight years, and then moved to San Antonio when they had their two kids, Haley and Patrick (Riordan). The exposition of Rick Riordan’s writing career