Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan, born in 1964, is a novelist for young readers who recasts Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythology through contemporary quests and humorous first-person voices. The Lightning Thief introduces Percy Jackson, a boy forced to read family history through the dangerous logic of myth. The Sea of Monsters expands that world through a rescue mission in which loyalty and interpretation matter as much as combat. The Red Pyramid and The Throne of Fire shift to Egyptian traditions, giving siblings Carter and Sadie Kane different voices and different ways of understanding inherited power. The Lost Hero opens another Greek and Roman arc, while Daughter of the Deep turns toward Jules Verne-inspired science adventure. The Lightning Thief is the natural first threshold; The Red Pyramid reveals how Riordan rebuilds the same fast, inclusive method around another mythology.