His short fiction has appeared in Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
Since then, his Tres Navarre private investigator series has won the Edgar, Anthony and Shamus Awards. His first adult mystery novel, Big Red Tequila, was published in 1997. Rick Riordan was a middle school teacher for 15 years in Texas and California. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.” Ages 10-up. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction – Zeus’ master bolt. From the promo copy: “What if the gods of Olympus were alive in the 21rst Century? What if they still fell in love with mortals and had children who might become great heroes - like Theseus, Jason and Hercules? What if you were one of those children? Such is the discovery that launches twelve-year-old Percy Jackson on the most dangerous quest of his life. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Hyperion, 2005).
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