Rick riodan (born June 5, 1964) is the author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters. a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 books in The 39 Cluesseries, published by Scholastic Corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones Some of the new series he is working on are The Kane Chronicles (the first book being "The Red Pyramid", which focuses on Egyptian Mythology; and The Heroes of Olympus (the first book being "The Lost Hero"), which is the sequel to the Percy Jackson series and still focuses on Greek Mythology, but Roman Mythology is also added.
Riordan was raised in San Antonio, Texas.He graduated from Alamo Heights High School in 1982 and the University of Texas at Austin in 1986. where he double-majored in English and history. Riordan taught English and history, including Greek mythology, in middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in San Antonio. He was awarded St. Mary's Hall's first Master Teacher Award in 2002.
As a novelist, Riordan has created many successful series. The multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series, intended for adults, follows the fast-paced adventures of an erudite Texan private eye. Riordan also helped create the young adult series The 39 Clues; he authored several of its books, including The Maze of Bones, which topped the New York Times Best Seller list on September 28, 2008. His Percy Jackson and the Olympians series features a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of an ancient Greek god. Twentieth Century Fox purchased the film rights and released a feature film on February 12, 2010.
Following the success of Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan created The Kane Chronicles which features a modern-day Egyptian pantheon and two new siblings.protagonists. Its first book, The Red Pyramid, was released on May 4, 2011 .the sequel will be released on May 3, 2011. Riordan also created a sequel series to the Percy Jackson books, The Heroes of Olympus. Its first book, The Lost Hero, was released in the U.S. on October 12, 2010; the sequel, The Son of Neptune, will arrive in the fall of 2011. Riordan plans to expand both series simultaneously.
that a child demigod of the "Big Three" would decide the fate of Olympus and the gods, when the demigod child reached the age of 16. The pact was made in an effort to prevent the prophecy from ever happening. Both Zeus and Poseidon break the pact by having demigod children after the war – Zeus had Thalia Grace and Poseidon had Percy Jackson. Ironically, Hades, who is meant to be the most untrustworthy god, did not break the pact. However, he had Bianca and Nico di Angelo, who were born before the war, but were trapped in the Lotus Casino for 70 years. This meant they were still able to fulfill the great prophacy.
the red pyramid is a 2010 fantasy adventure novel based on Egyptian mythology written by Rick Riordan It is the first novel in The Kane Chronicles series, which tells of the adventures of modern day fourteen-year-old Carter Kane and his twelve-year-old sister Sadie Kane, as they discover that they are descended from the ancient Egyptian pharaohs Narmer and Ramesses the Great. Carter learns that he is a host of Horus, and Sadie is a host of Isis. The siblings have amulets. Carter has the Eye of Horus, and Sadie has the Knot of Isis. Their father, Julius Kane, attempts to summon Osiris through the Rosetta Stone, but also releases the five children of the "Demon Days": Horus, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Osiris is confined by Set. Soon, Carter and Sadie scramble to Phoenix, Arizona, where they attempt to kill Set, and destroy his red pyramid.
No comments:
Post a Comment