Rick Riordan
Full Name: Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Junior
Date of Birth: June 5, 1964 (age 51)
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas
Citizenship: British
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
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Education: Alamo Heights High School, University of Texas at Austin
Occupation: Writer, Novelist, Author, And Teacher
Net Worth: $30 Million
Residence: New York
Rick Riordan, who struggled working as an English and Social Studies teacher in San Francisco for long eight years, entered into the world of becoming a full time writer.
Childhood and Career
Rick Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas, on 5th June, 1964. He attended the Alamo Heights School in San Antonio, where he worked as the school editor and also won the third prize in the state for the UIL writings. Later he began his college at North Texas, graduated with a double major degree in English and History. The UT San Antonio gave him the certified degree to teach the two subjects for which he …show more content…
In his spare time he loved to read and play guitar and travel with his family. In the year 2002, he was awarded with the best Master Teacher Award for his exceptional teaching services.
Start of Writing Career
Rick began to enjoy from an early age. Later, when his son Haley suffered from ADHD and dyslexia, he would tell him stories inspired from the Greek mythology. So, to fulfill such story needs for his son, he started inventing characters of Percy Jackson, who was a twelve years boy who discovered himself to be the son of the Greek god. When he completed his story in three nights his son, Haley used to ask him to write down the story as a book. Because of such requests Percy Jackson series came into existence.
This writing of Rick; Percy Jackson and the Olympian series has become so famous that it is available in 37 languages and has sold more than 30 million copies till now.
Work of Rick
Full Name: Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Junior
Date of Birth: June 5, 1964 (age 51)
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas
Citizenship: British
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Height:
Education: Alamo Heights High School, University of Texas at Austin
Occupation: Writer, Novelist, Author, And Teacher
Net Worth: $30 Million
Residence: New York
Rick Riordan, who struggled working as an English and Social Studies teacher in San Francisco for long eight years, entered into the world of becoming a full time writer.
Childhood and Career
Rick Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas, on 5th June, 1964. He attended the Alamo Heights School in San Antonio, where he worked as the school editor and also won the third prize in the state for the UIL writings. Later he began his college at North Texas, graduated with a double major degree in English and History. The UT San Antonio gave him the certified degree to teach the two subjects for which he …show more content…
In his spare time he loved to read and play guitar and travel with his family. In the year 2002, he was awarded with the best Master Teacher Award for his exceptional teaching services.
Start of Writing Career
Rick began to enjoy from an early age. Later, when his son Haley suffered from ADHD and dyslexia, he would tell him stories inspired from the Greek mythology. So, to fulfill such story needs for his son, he started inventing characters of Percy Jackson, who was a twelve years boy who discovered himself to be the son of the Greek god. When he completed his story in three nights his son, Haley used to ask him to write down the story as a book. Because of such requests Percy Jackson series came into existence.
This writing of Rick; Percy Jackson and the Olympian series has become so famous that it is available in 37 languages and has sold more than 30 million copies till now.
Work of Rick