At Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas, Rick was the editor for the 4 years he attended high school. His first major in college was music because of his absolute enthusiasm in it. Riordan reassessed and chose to double-major English and History. He began at North Texas State University for the first two years of his college experience, and later transferred to the University of Texas in Austin. The soon-to-be author walked down his path and trained to teach English and History from UT at San Antonio. As a child, Riordan was influenced by The Lord of the Rings and Norse/Greek Mythology genres. His interests include reading fantasy, science genres and mysteries. Richard Russell Riordan Jr, was born on June 5, 1964, he is 51 years of age as of 2015. His wife is Lyn Belisle, and children: Patrick and Haley. The three animals he has are two black cats and a dog, named Speedy. Mr. Riordan presently lives in the Boston area and lived in Texas when he was younger. Some of the awards he has won for his books are Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children’s and the Hampshire Book Award. His net worth is more than 20 million
At Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas, Rick was the editor for the 4 years he attended high school. His first major in college was music because of his absolute enthusiasm in it. Riordan reassessed and chose to double-major English and History. He began at North Texas State University for the first two years of his college experience, and later transferred to the University of Texas in Austin. The soon-to-be author walked down his path and trained to teach English and History from UT at San Antonio. As a child, Riordan was influenced by The Lord of the Rings and Norse/Greek Mythology genres. His interests include reading fantasy, science genres and mysteries. Richard Russell Riordan Jr, was born on June 5, 1964, he is 51 years of age as of 2015. His wife is Lyn Belisle, and children: Patrick and Haley. The three animals he has are two black cats and a dog, named Speedy. Mr. Riordan presently lives in the Boston area and lived in Texas when he was younger. Some of the awards he has won for his books are Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children’s and the Hampshire Book Award. His net worth is more than 20 million