Rick Riordan is an award-winning writer. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006, and made into a blockbuster film in 2010. The series has gone on to become a chart-topping success.
Sure to become a classic * Sunday Express * Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical. * Times * Storytelling that will get readers hooked -- Philip Ardagh * The Guardian *