Richard Russell Riordan Jr. better

Richard Russell Riordan Jr. better known as Rick Riordan is The New York Times bestselling American author of the Percy Jackson and Olympians series. Born on June 5, 1964, Rick Riordan grew up in Texas. He attended the Alamo Heights High School, graduating in 1982. For higher education Rick enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin double majoring in English and history. After graduation from the university in 1986, Rick Riordan chose teaching for a career. For 15 years Rick taught English, history and Greek mythology at various middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in San Antonio. In 2002, he was presented the St. Mary’s Hall’s first Master Teacher Award for his exceptional teaching services.
Rick began to enjoy writing from an early age. He made many unsuccessful attempts of publishing his short stories in teenage years. At school, Rick was appointed the editor of the high school newspaper. It was not until graduation from college and teaching in San Francisco that Riordan took writing seriously.



Riordan’s son, Haley who was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia held a keen interest in a subject his father taught, Greek mythology. Then in the second grade, Haley would often request upon Rick to tell him stories inspired by Greek mythologies. In order to fulfill his son’s request, Riordan quickly invented the character of Percy Jackson, a twelve year boy who suddenly discovers he is the son of a Greek God. Riordan began a creatively crafted imaginative tale of Percy’s expedition to bring back Zeus’s lightning bolt in present day America. After Rick finished telling the story in three nights, Haley requested him to write down the story as a book. Not wanting to disappoint his son, Riordan took out time to write down the story. To show his respect and care for dyslexic children, Riordan attributed some characteristics of this disease to Percy. Thus, Riordan’s world famous Percy Jackson series came into being.

While living in California was enjoyable and comfortable for his wife and kids, Riordan yearned for Texas. His nostalgic feelings for Texas led him to write a mystery novel set in San Antonio, his hometown. The novel entitled Big Red Tequila featured the central character of Tres Nvarre, a private eye Ph.D in English. The novel received enthusiastic reviews and won Riordan the three most prestigious awards in the mystery genre. Riordan was presented the Edgar, Anthony and Shamus awards for Big Red Tequila. Riordan has to his credit a number of other awards as well. Some of these include Mark Twain Award for The Lightning Thief (2008), Mark Twain Award for The Sea of Monsters (2009), Rebecca Caudill Award for The Lightning Thief (2009), School Library Journal’s Best Book for The Red Pyramid (2010), Children’s Choice Book Awards: Author of the Year (2011) and the Children’s Choice Book Awards: Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year for The Red Pyramid (2011).

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Richard Russell Riordan Jr. lebih dikenal sebagai Rick Riordan adalah The New York Times penulis buku terlaris Amerika dari Percy Jackson dan Olympians seri. Lahir pada tanggal 5 Juni 1964, Rick Riordan dibesarkan di Texas. Dia hadir di Alamo Heights High School, lulus pada tahun 1982. Untuk pendidikan tinggi Rick terdaftar di University of Texas di Austin jurusan ganda dalam bahasa Inggris dan sejarah. Setelah lulus dari universitas pada tahun 1986, Rick Riordan memilih mengajar untuk berkarir. Selama 15 tahun Rick mengajar bahasa Inggris, sejarah dan mitologi Yunani di berbagai sekolah menengah di San Francisco Bay Area dan di San Antonio. Pada tahun 2002, ia disajikan St Mary Hall pertama Master Teacher Award untuk layanan pengajaran yang luar biasa.
Rick mulai menikmati menulis sejak usia dini. Dia membuat banyak usaha yang gagal penerbitan cerita pendek dalam usia remaja. Di sekolah, Rick diangkat sebagai editor koran sekolah tinggi. Tidak sampai lulus dari perguruan tinggi dan pengajaran di San Francisco yang Riordan mengambil menulis serius. putra Riordan, Haley yang didiagnosis dengan ADHD dan disleksia mengadakan minat dalam subjek ayahnya mengajar, mitologi Yunani. Kemudian di kelas dua, Haley sering meminta kepada Rick untuk menceritakan kisah-kisah mitologi Yunani terinspirasi oleh. Dalam rangka untuk memenuhi permintaan anaknya, Riordan cepat menemukan karakter Percy Jackson, seorang anak dua belas tahun yang tiba-tiba menemukan dia adalah anak Tuhan Yunani. Riordan mulai kisah imajinatif kreatif dibuat ekspedisi Percy untuk membawa kembali petir Zeus di hari ini Amerika. Setelah Rick selesai bercerita dalam tiga malam, Haley meminta dia untuk menuliskan cerita sebagai sebuah buku. Tidak ingin mengecewakan anaknya, Riordan mengambil waktu untuk menuliskan cerita. Untuk menunjukkan rasa hormat dan merawat anak-anak disleksia, Riordan disebabkan beberapa karakteristik dari penyakit ini ke Percy. Dengan demikian, Riordan terkenal di dunia seri Percy Jackson muncul menjadi ada. Meskipun tinggal di California itu menyenangkan dan nyaman untuk istri dan anak-anak, Riordan merindukan Texas. Perasaan nostalgia nya untuk Texas membuatnya menulis sebuah novel misteri yang ditetapkan di San Antonio, kampung halamannya. Novel berjudul Big Red Tequila menampilkan karakter sentral dari Tres Nvarre, Ph.D mata pribadi dalam bahasa Inggris. Novel ini mendapat review antusias dan memenangkan Riordan tiga penghargaan paling bergengsi dalam genre misteri. Riordan disajikan dengan Edgar, Anthony dan Shamus penghargaan untuk Big Red Tequila. Riordan harus kreditnya sejumlah penghargaan lain juga. Beberapa di antaranya adalah Mark Twain Award untuk The Lightning Thief (2008), Mark Twain Award untuk The Sea of Monsters (2009), Rebecca Caudill Award untuk The Lightning Thief (2009), Sekolah Perpustakaan Journal Terbaik Buku untuk The Red Pyramid (2010) , Pilihan Anak Awards Buku: Penulis of the Year (2011) dan Pilihan Anak Awards Buku: Kelas V ke Kelas VI Book of the Year untuk The Red Pyramid (2011).