The Percy Jackson books were written by American author Rick Riordan.

Main answer

  • The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series is part of Riordan’s larger Camp Half-Blood Chronicles , which mix modern-day teen life with Greek mythology.
  • Riordan created Percy Jackson as a character while telling bedtime stories to his son, then turned those stories into the first novel, The Lightning Thief , published in 2005.

Quick Scoop on the author

  • Full name: Richard Russell Riordan Jr., born June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
  • He later expanded the universe with related series like The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo , which also connect back to the Percy Jackson world.

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