Rick Riordan dubbed 'storyteller of the gods' by Publishers Weekly is the author of five New
York Times number-one bestselling book series with millions of copies sold throughout the
world: Percy Jackson the Heroes of Olympus and the Trials of Apollo based on Greek and Roman
mythology the Kane Chronicles based on Egyptian mythology and Magnus Chase based on Norse
mythology. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young
demigod won the Red House Children's Book Award and is now a blockbuster film franchise
starring Logan Lerman. To learn more about Rick and his books you can visit him at
www.rickriordan.co.uk or follow him on Twitter @camphalfblood.
