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{{Short description|American author (born 1964)}}
{{for|persons of a similar name|Richard Riordan (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| image            = Rick Riordan (cropped).jpg
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| alt              = 
| caption          = Riordan in 2018
| birth_name       = Richard Russell Riordan Jr.
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1964|6|5|mf=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[San Antonio]], Texas, U.S.
| occupation       = Novelist
| alma_mater       = [[University of Texas at San Antonio]]
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Mythology]]|fantasy|[[detective fiction]]}}
| notableworks     = {{Unbulleted list|''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' pentalogy|''[[The Kane Chronicles]]'' trilogy|''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'' pentalogy|''[[Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard]]'' trilogy|''[[The Trials of Apollo]]'' pentalogy}}
| spouse           = {{marriage|Rebecca Klahn|1985}}<ref name=Ancestry>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8795/records/71764 |title=Texas, U.S. Marriage Index, 1824-2019|website=[[Ancestry.com|Ancestry]]|access-date=March 26, 2025}}</ref> 
| children         = 2
| years_active     = 1997–present
| signature        = Rick Riordan signature.svg
| website          = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Richard Russell Riordan Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|aɪ|ər|d|ə|n}} {{respell|RY|ər|dən}}; born June 5, 1964)<ref name="Puffin ID">{{cite web|title=Rick Riordan ID Card|url=http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html|publisher=Puffin Books|access-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928213432/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068821,00.html|archive-date=September 28, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American author, best known for writing the ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lodge|first1=Sally|title=First Printing of Three Million for New Percy Jackson Book|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/48404-first-printing-of-three-million-for-new-percy-jackson-book.html|access-date=August 18, 2015|work=Publishers Weekly|date=August 18, 2011|quote=There are 30 million copies in print in the U.S. of the novels in the author's three series for Disney-Hyperion: Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, and The Heroes of Olympus—and the books have been translated into thirty-seven languages.|archive-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204015737/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/48404-first-printing-of-three-million-for-new-percy-jackson-book.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[20th Century Fox]] adapted the first two books of his ''Percy Jackson'' series as part of a [[Percy Jackson (film series)|series of films]] in which Riordan was not involved. Riordan currently serves as a co-creator and executive producer on the [[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|television series adaption]] of the book series that was released on [[Disney+]] in 2023 and for which he won two [[Emmy Awards]]. Riordan's books have also spawned other related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.

Riordan's first full-length novel was ''[[Big Red Tequila]]'', which became the first book in the ''Tres Navarre'' series. His big breakthrough was ''[[The Lightning Thief]]'' (2005), the first novel in the five-volume ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' series, which placed a group of modern-day adolescents in a [[Greek mythology|Greco]]-[[Roman mythological]] setting. Since then, Riordan has written ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'', a sequel to the ''Percy Jackson'' series; ''[[The Kane Chronicles]]'', a trilogy of similar premise focusing on [[Egyptian mythology]]; and ''[[Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard]]'', again a trilogy of similar premise focusing on [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/06/18/rick-riordan-magnus-chase--excerpt/71250906/ |title=Read an excerpt from new Rick Riordan |date=June 18, 2015 |access-date=July 28, 2015 |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811040915/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/06/18/rick-riordan-magnus-chase--excerpt/71250906/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Springen">{{cite journal|last=Springen|first=Karen|title=Rick Riordan Makes His 'Mark'|journal=Publishers Weekly|date=May 31, 2012|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/52172-rick-riordan-makes-his-mark.html|access-date=June 3, 2012|quote=a cruise to the Baltic and Scandinavian countries last summer provided fodder for Riordan's upcoming Norse series|archive-date=October 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011000814/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/52172-rick-riordan-makes-his-mark.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Riordan also helped [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic Press]] develop ''[[The 39 Clues]]'' series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, ''[[The Maze of Bones]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep01/0,4670,Books39Clues,00.html|title='Potter' publisher looks to promote next big thing|last=Italie|first=Hillel|date=September 1, 2008|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|access-date=April 26, 2009|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071409/http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep01/0,4670,Books39Clues,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, he published ''[[Daughter of the Deep]]''. His third standalone novel, ''[[The Sun and the Star]]'', co-written with author Mark Oshiro, was published on May 2, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Sun and the Star | website=Kirkus Reviews | date=May 2, 2023 | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rick-riordan/sun-and-star/ | access-date=May 30, 2023 | archive-date=May 30, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530144124/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rick-riordan/sun-and-star/ | url-status=live }}</ref> {{TOC limit|3}}

==Life and career==
[[File:Rick riordan 2007.jpg|thumb|Riordan at the 2007 [[Texas Book Festival]] with advance publicity for ''[[The Battle of the Labyrinth]]'']]

Riordan was born and raised in [[San Antonio]], Texas. He graduated from [[Alamo Heights High School]], and first attended the music program at [[North Texas State University]], wanting to be a guitarist. He transferred to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and studied English and History. He received his teaching certification in those subjects from the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]]. He taught English and Social Studies for eight years at Presidio Hill School in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rickriordan.com/2008/05/two-days-in-the-bay-area/|title=Two Days in the Bay Area {{!}} Rick Riordan|date=May 16, 2008|language=en-US|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232643/http://rickriordan.com/2008/05/two-days-in-the-bay-area/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidiohill.org/about-us/celebrating-100-years|title=Celebrating 100 Years {{!}} Presidio Hill School|website=www.presidiohill.org|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234103/https://www.presidiohill.org/about-us/celebrating-100-years|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rick married Becky Klahn in 1985 on the couple's shared birthday.<ref name=Ancestry/><ref name=athena/><!-- introducing photos of Cape Cod near bottom of page --> They have two sons, Haley and Patrick. They moved from San Antonio to [[Boston]] in June 2013, in conjunction with older son Haley starting college in Boston.<ref name=athena>[http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2013/06/update-from-athena-house.html "Update from Athena House"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625000407/http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2013/06/update-from-athena-house.html |date=June 25, 2013 }}. June 12, 2013. ''Myth & Mystery: The official blog for author Rick Riordan'' (rickriordan.blogspot.com). Retrieved November 14, 2015.</ref><ref name=Boston>{{cite news|last=Riordan|first=Rick|title=Mystery man|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/01/26/percy-jackson-author-rick-riordan-moving-boston/wFId1ye7ocOpAuPM0z9wjO/story.html|access-date=February 21, 2014|publisher=Boston Globe Magazine. The Boston Globe (bostonglobe.com)|date=January 26, 2014|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117083207/https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/01/26/percy-jackson-author-rick-riordan-moving-boston/wFId1ye7ocOpAuPM0z9wjO/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Riordan has created several successful book series. ''Tres Navarre'', an adult mystery series about a Texas private eye, won the [[Shamus Award|Shamus]], [[Anthony Awards|Anthony]], and [[Edgar Award]]s.<ref name="PB">{{cite web|url=http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780553576443-0|title=Big Red Tequila|publisher=[[Powells Bookstore]]|access-date=April 26, 2009|archive-date=September 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924121254/http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-9780553576443-0|url-status=live}}</ref>

He conceived the idea for the ''Percy Jackson'' series as bedtime stories about ancient Greek heroes for his son Haley.<ref name=williams>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Sally|title=Percy Jackson: My boy's own adventure|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/08/percy-jackson-rick-riordan|access-date=January 3, 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 8, 2010|archive-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527210528/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/08/percy-jackson-rick-riordan|url-status=live}}</ref>
Haley had been diagnosed with [[ADHD]] and [[dyslexia]], inspiring Riordan to make the titular protagonist hyperactive and dyslexic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bell|first=Terena|date=March 1, 2019|title=In Rick Riordan's World, ADHD Is Heroic — INTERVIEW|url=https://www.romper.com/p/in-rick-riordans-world-adhd-is-heroic-interview-16007216|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=Romper|language=en|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113094026/https://www.romper.com/p/in-rick-riordans-world-adhd-is-heroic-interview-16007216|url-status=live}}</ref> Riordan published the first novel in the series, ''[[The Lightning Thief]]'', in 2005. Four sequels followed, with the last, ''[[The Last Olympian]]'', in 2009. Prior to ''Percy Jackson'', Riordan had written the ''Tres Navarres'' series, a series of mystery novels for adult readers.<ref name="powells">{{cite web|url=http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781423101451-0|title=About the Author|publisher=powells.com|access-date=November 12, 2009|archive-date=March 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330110632/http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781423101451-0|url-status=live}}</ref>

His ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' series features the titular twelve-year-old who discovers he is the modern-day son of the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] god [[Poseidon]]. [[20th Century Fox]] purchased the film rights and released two feature film adaptations between 2010 and 2013. Following the success of ''Percy Jackson'', Riordan created ''[[The Kane Chronicles]]'', which features a modern-day [[Egyptian pantheon]] and two new sibling protagonists, Sadie and Carter Kane.<ref>{{cite news|last=Minzesheimer|first=Bob|title=Book Buzz: Riordan's 'Fire' ignites May 3 and a big week for e-books|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2011-01-13-buzz13_ST_N.htm|access-date=January 22, 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 13, 2011|author2=Craig Wilson|archive-date=October 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019112944/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2011-01-13-buzz13_ST_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Riordan also created a sequel series to Percy Jackson, ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]''.<ref name="usatoday" />

Riordan also helped create the children's book series ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. He authored several of its books, including ''[[The Maze of Bones]]'', which topped [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] on September 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html|title=Children's Books|date=September 28, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 26, 2009|archive-date=June 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618040513/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also wrote the introduction to the [[Puffin Books|Puffin]] Classics edition of [[Roger Lancelyn Green|Roger Lancelyn Green's]] ''Tales of the Greek Heroes'', in which he states that the book influenced him to write his Greek mythology series.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Tales of the Greek Heroes|last = Lancelyn Green|first = Roger|publisher = Puffin|year = 1958|isbn = 9780141325286|pages = v-vi|edition = 3rd|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/talesofgreekhero00}}</ref>

In 2022, Riordan co-wrote the pilot for the ''[[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson and the Olympians]]'' series on [[Disney+]] and is serving as an executive producer for the show.<ref>{{cite web | last=Clark | first=Noelene | title=Percy Jackson and the Olympians Casts Five Major Characters | website=TVGuide.com | date=June 2, 2022 | url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-on-disney-cast-premiere-date-spoilers-and-everything-you-need-to-know/ | access-date=June 4, 2022 | archive-date=June 4, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604124124/https://www.tvguide.com/news/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-on-disney-cast-premiere-date-spoilers-and-everything-you-need-to-know/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|Disney had earlier acquired Fox]] in 2019, allowing it to gain the rights to adapt the ''Percy Jackson'' novels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rought |first=Karen |date=December 1, 2019 |title='Percy Jackson' reboot may happen at Disney, according to Rick Riordan |url=https://www.hypable.com/disney-adapt-percy-jackson-campaign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220606205301/https://www.hypable.com/disney-adapt-percy-jackson-campaign/ |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=Hypable}}</ref> Riordan won an [[Emmy Award]] as an executive producer when the show's first season won [[Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Teen Series|Outstanding Young Teen Series]], and a second Emmy as a writer when the pilot episode won Outstanding Writing for a Young Teen Program at the [[3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|title=Children's and Family Emmy Awards: 'Percy Jackson,' 'Sesame Street' Universe, 'Orion and the Dark' Among Top Winners|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2025-childrens-and-family-emmy-awards-winners-list-1236164512/|date=March 15, 2025|access-date=March 17, 2025|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

==Mythology==
Riordan's works of children's literature center around an adaptation of [[mythology]] for modern readers and for children. He has used [[Greek mythology|Greek]], [[Roman mythology|Roman]], [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian]], and [[Norse mythology|Norse]] and combinations thereof in a total of five separate novel series. The mythology used in his works possesses elements unique to his series, but has a largely historical basis. Some of its characteristics include an emphasis on human-divine interaction and a preference for anglicized names. Examples include:
* '''[[Classical mythology|Greco-Roman mythology]]:''' ''[[Camp Half-Blood Chronicles]]''
** ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]''
** ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]''
** ''[[The Trials of Apollo]]''
* '''[[Egyptian mythology]]:''' ''[[The Kane Chronicles]]''
* '''[[Norse mythology]]:''' ''[[Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard]]''
* '''[[Greek Mythology]]:''' ''[[The Sun and the Star]]''

Riordan's sources for the mythology used in his books are surmised from isolated comments on the subject during various interviews, as he has never released a list of any kind. These sources begin with the myths and the derivations thereof that he was exposed to as a child. Unnamed "novels on [[Norse mythology]]", suggested to him by a teacher who noticed his interest in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', were his first introduction to mythology and continue to influence his writing today.<ref name="ab mag">{{cite web | url=http://theabsolutemag.com/6499/videos/rick-riordan-discusses-interpreting-mythology-for-middle-schoolers/ | title=Author Rick Riordan Discusses Interpreting Mythology for Middle Schoolers | publisher=(The) Absolute | work=(The) Absolute Mag: Books-Comics | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | author=Ferris, Amanda}}</ref><ref name="rr int w/ rick">{{cite web | url=http://rickriordan.com/about/an-interview-with-rick/ | title=An Interview With Rick | publisher=Rick Riordan | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | author=Riordan, Rick| date=5 April 2016 }}</ref> The author also claims to have read such notable classics as ''[[The Iliad]]'' and ''[[The Odyssey]]'', and to use his "general knowledge" of a given mythology as a basis for his stories.<ref name="ALA">{{cite web | url=http://www.ala.org/offices/resources/riordan | title=Talking with Rick Riordan | publisher=[[American Library Association]] | work=Book Links (Vol. 18, no. 5) | date=May 2009 | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | author=Larson, Jeanette}}</ref> As far as [[Greek mythology]] is concerned, Riordan has stated that ''Tales of the Greek Heroes'' by [[Roger Lancelyn Green]]—called by its author a "retelling of the Greek myths... based on multitudinous sources"—was one of his first introductions to that type of myth, and is in part responsible for his decision to interpret myths in his own books.<ref name="tales">{{cite book | title=Tales of the Greek Heroes | publisher=[[Puffin Books|Puffin Classics]] | author=Green, Roger Lancelyn | authorlink=Roger Lancelyn Green | year=2009 | location=[[London]] | isbn=978-0-141-32528-6 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/talesofgreekhero00 }}</ref> Finally, Riordan has stated that he uses modern sources such as [[Theoi Project|The Theoi Project]] for [[fact-checking]] purposes, as needed.<ref name="ALA" />

None of his novels include a list of references. ''[[Percy Jackson's Greek Gods]]'' and ''[[Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes]]'' alone possess "Background Reading" sections, listing novels such as [[Robert Fagles]]'s translation of ''[[The Aeneid]]'' and [[web site]]s such as the [[Encyclopedia Mythica]].<ref name="PJGG">{{cite book | title=Percy Jackson's Greek Gods | publisher=[[Disney Publishing Worldwide|Disney]]-[[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion]] | author=Riordan, Rick | authorlink=Rick Riordan | year=2014 | location=[[Los Angeles]] | isbn=978-1-4231-8364-8 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/percyjacksonsgre0000rior }}</ref><ref name="PJGH">{{cite book | title=Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes | publisher=[[Disney Publishing Worldwide|Disney]]-[[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion]] | author=Rirodan, Rick | authorlink=Rick Riordan | year=2015 | location=[[Los Angeles]] | isbn=978-1-4231-8365-5}}</ref>

==Awards==
Since 2020 till 2025, Rick Riordan has been the Goodreads Choice Award champion, having surpassed [[Stephen King]] in 2020.<ref name=Goodreadschampion>{{cite web|title=Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards!|url=https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1960-announcing-the-winners-of-the-2020-goodreads-choice-awards|website=goodreads.com|access-date=April 27, 2025|archive-date=July 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720140025/https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1960-announcing-the-winners-of-the-2020-goodreads-choice-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> Riordan was the recipient of the Goodreads Choice Award in Middle Grade and Children's category every year from 2011 till 2021, collecting 11 awards so far. 

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#96c; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| [[Shamus Award]]
| Best First PI Novel
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Big Red Tequila]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=shamus>{{cite web|title=Shamus Award Winners|url=http://www.privateeyewriters.com/shamus_winners.html|website=The Private Eye Writers of America|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610125708/http://www.privateeyewriters.com/shamus_winners.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Anthony Award]] 
| Best Paperback Original
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=anthony>{{cite web|title=Anthony Award Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#1998|website=Bouchercon|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-date=February 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html#1998|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| [[Edgar Award]]
| [[Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original|Best Paperback Original]]
| ''The Widower's Two-Step''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=edgars>{{cite web|title=Category List – Best Paperback Original|url=http://theedgars.com/awards/category-list-best-paperback-original/?listpage=2|website=Edgars Database|publisher=Mystery Writers of America|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-date=January 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130222307/http://theedgars.com/awards/category-list-best-paperback-original/?listpage=2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://book.consumerhelpweb.com/awards/edgar/edgar1990.htm|title=Edgar Allan Poe Awards|publisher=book.consumerhelpweb.com|access-date=April 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012061232/http://book.consumerhelpweb.com/awards/edgar/edgar1990.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2009}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| [[Saint Mary's Hall (San Antonio)|Saint Mary’s Hall]] Master Teacher Award
| 
| 
| {{won|Awarded}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="masterteacher">{{cite web|title=Rick Riordan — About|url=https://www.rhcbooks.com/authors/25624/rick-riordan/about|publisher=Random House Children’s Books|access-date=April 27, 2025|archive-date=April 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427185014/https://www.rhcbooks.com/authors/25624/rick-riordan/about|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="masterteacher2">{{cite web|title=Master Teacher Award Recipients|url=https://www.smhall.org/uploaded/documents/Portals/All_School/Master_Teacher_Award_Recipients.pdf|publisher=Saint Mary’s Hall|access-date=April 27, 2025|archive-date=April 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427185139/https://www.smhall.org/uploaded/documents/Portals/All_School/Master_Teacher_Award_Recipients.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
| 2008
| [[Mark Twain Award]]
| 
| ''[[The Lightning Thief]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Twain Award">{{cite web|title=Mark Twain Award Previous Winners|url=https://masl.site-ym.com/page/MT_previouswinnners|publisher=Missouri Association of School Librarians|access-date=April 26, 2025|archive-date=April 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426145328/https://masl.site-ym.com/page/MT_previouswinnners|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| [[Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award]]
| 
| ''The Lightning Thief''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|last=Riordan|first=Rick|title=Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award 2009 Voting Results|url=https://www.rebeccacaudill.org/images/pdf/past-winners/2009/2009VotingResults.pdf|publisher=Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award|access-date=April 26, 2025|archive-date=March 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317102040/https://www.rebeccacaudill.org/images/pdf/past-winners/2009/2009VotingResults.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Mark Twain Award
| 
| ''[[The Sea of Monsters]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Twain Award"/>
|-
| 2010
| ''[[School Library Journal]]''{{'s}} Best Book List
| 
| ''[[The Red Pyramid]]''
| {{nom|on the list}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Trevelyn|title=Best Books 2010|url=http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissuecurrentissue/888269-427/best_books_2010.html.csp|access-date=January 22, 2012|newspaper=School Library Journal|date=December 1, 2010|author2=Luann Toth|author3=Marlene Charnizon|author4=Daryl Grabarek|author5=Joy Fleishhacker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101050203/http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissuecurrentissue/888269-427/best_books_2010.html.csp|archive-date=January 1, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2011
| rowspan="2" | [[Children's Book Council (United States)|CBC]]'s Children's Choice Book Award
| 5th–6th Grade Book of the Year
| ''The Red Pyramid''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=CBC>{{cite web|title=Children's Choice Book Awards Winners Announced!|url=http://www.cbcbooks.org/sub-news.php?id=102|publisher=Children's Book Council|date=May 3, 2011|access-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929211939/http://www.cbcbooks.org/sub-news.php?id=102|archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| Author of the Year
| ''[[The Lost Hero]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award
| 
| ''[[The Last Olympian]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|title=Soaring Eagle Book Award - Nominated Authors 1986 - 2014 Nominees|url=http://www.ccpls.org/bookawards/SEbibauthors.pdf|publisher=Campbell County Public Library System|access-date=February 21, 2014|page=5|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228232004/http://www.ccpls.org/bookawards/SEbibauthors.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Milner Award
| 
| ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' series
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Winners|url=http://www.themilneraward.org/winners.html|publisher=The Milner Award|access-date=June 4, 2012|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327194957/http://www.themilneraward.org/winners.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Goodreads Choice Award]]
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Son of Neptune]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads11">{{cite web |title=The 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2011 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409000621/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| [[Indian Paintbrush Book Award]]
| 
| ''The Red Pyramid''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Paintbrush Book Award by Author Name 1986 - 2014 Nominees|url=http://www.ccpls.org/bookawards/IPbibauthors.pdf|publisher=Campbell County Public Library System|access-date=February 21, 2014|page=8|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213075747/http://ccpls.org/bookawards/IPbibauthors.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Mark of Athena]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads12">{{cite web |title=The 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2012 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424093930/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Geffen Award]]
| Best Translated Fantasy Book
| ''The Son of Neptune''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="geffen">{{cite web |title=The Geffen Award |url=https://geffen.sf-f.org.il/geffen_2022/the-geffen-award/ |website=geffen.sf-f.org.il |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312133847/https://geffen.sf-f.org.il/geffen_2022/the-geffen-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| {{ill|Magic Pearl Award|bg|Национална награда „Бисерче вълшебно“}}
| Avid Readers
| ''The Mark of Athena''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MPone">{{cite web |title=Най-добрите книги за деца в наградата “Бисерче вълшебно” 2013 са… |url=https://mail.detskiknigi.com/naj-dobrite-knigi-za-detsa-v-nagradata-biserche-va-lshebno-2013-sa/ |website=detskiknigi.com |access-date=April 29, 2025 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184344/https://mail.detskiknigi.com/naj-dobrite-knigi-za-detsa-v-nagradata-biserche-va-lshebno-2013-sa/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MPtwo">{{cite web |title=Бисерче вълшебно|url=http://biserche.com/ |website=biserche.com |access-date=|archive-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906090024/http://biserche.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The House of Hades]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads13">{{cite web |title=The 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2013 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424041321/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Magic Pearl Award
| Avid Readers
| ''The House of Hades''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MP14">{{cite web |title=Мотовете и Рик Риърдън грабнаха наградите „Бисерче вълшебно” 2014 |website=biserche.com|url=https://www.biserche.com/motovete-i-rik-ria-rda-n-grabnaha-nagradite-biserche-va-lshebno-2014/ |access-date=April 30, 2025 |archive-date=February 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215230148/https://www.biserche.com/motovete-i-rik-ria-rda-n-grabnaha-nagradite-biserche-va-lshebno-2014/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Blood of Olympus]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads14">{{cite web |title=The 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2014 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418152823/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Sword of Summer]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads15">{{cite web |title=The 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2015 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420110003/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Hidden Oracle]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Y16">{{cite web |title=The 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2016 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125100004/http://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Geffen Award
| Best Translated YA Book
| ''The Blood of Olympus''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="geffen" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2017
| [[Stonewall Book Award]]
| Children's Literature
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Hammer of Thor]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="stonewall1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/magnus-chase-and-gods-asgard-hammer-thor-and-if-i-was-your-girl-win-2017 |title='Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor' and 'If I Was Your Girl' win 2017 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award |date=January 23, 2017 |website=ALA News |publisher=[[American Library Association]] |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010173102/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/01/magnus-chase-and-gods-asgard-hammer-thor-and-if-i-was-your-girl-win-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="stonewall2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/news/awards/additional-ala-awards-2017/ |title=Additional ALA Awards 2017 |date=January 23, 2017 |website=The Horn Book Online |publisher=[[The Horn Book Magazine]] |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010160822/http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/news/awards/additional-ala-awards-2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="stonewall3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72580-barnhill-steptoe-march-book-three-win-newbery-caldecott-printz.html |title=Barnhill, Steptoe, 'March: Book Three' Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz |last=Roback |first=Diane |date=January 23, 2017 |website=Publishers Weekly Online |publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409121456/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/72580-barnhill-steptoe-march-book-three-win-newbery-caldecott-printz.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="stonewall4">{{Cite web |url=http://www.slj.com/2017/01/industry-news/winners-of-the-2017-youth-media-awards/ |title=Winners of the 2017 Youth Media Awards &#124; ALA Midwinter 2017 |date=January 23, 2017 |website=School Library Journal: Industry News |publisher=[[School Library Journal]] |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210644/http://www.slj.com/2017/01/industry-news/winners-of-the-2017-youth-media-awards/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dragon Awards|Dragon Award]]
| Best Young Adult / Middle-Grade Novel
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="dragon 2017">{{cite web
|url=https://awards.dragoncon.org/2017_winners/
|title=The Dragon Awards — 2017 Recipients
|publisher=[[Dragon Con]]
|access-date=April 26, 2025
|archive-date=December 15, 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215004658/https://awards.dragoncon.org/2017_winners/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
|-
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Ship of the Dead]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads17">{{cite web |title=The 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407213109/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Geffen Award
| Best Translated YA Book
| ''The Hidden Oracle''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="geffen" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Burning Maze]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads18">{{cite web |title=The 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2018 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420143508/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Geffen Award
| Best Translated YA Book
| ''[[The Dark Prophecy]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="geffen" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Tyrant's Tomb]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads19">{{cite web |title=The 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2019 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419111026/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Geffen Award
| Best Translated YA Book
| ''The Ship of the Dead''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="geffen" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Magic Pearl Award
| Dreamers
| ''The Tyrant's Tomb''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MP20">{{cite web |title=Победителите в „Бисерче вълшебно“ 2020 бяха обявени на онлайн церемония |url=https://www.biserche.com/pobeditelite-v-biserche-valshebno-2020-bjaha-objaveni-na-onlajn-ceremonija/ |website=biserche.com |access-date=April 30, 2025 |archive-date=December 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208042047/https://www.biserche.com/pobeditelite-v-biserche-valshebno-2020-bjaha-objaveni-na-onlajn-ceremonija/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[The Tower of Nero]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads20">{{cite web |title=The 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410002243/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| Magic Pearl Award
| Masters
| ''The Tower of Nero''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MP21">{{cite web |title=Известни са носителите на награди „Бисерче вълшебно“ 2021 |url=https://www.biserche.com/izvestni-sa-nositelite-na-nagradi-biserche-valshebno-2021/|website=biserche.com |access-date=April 30, 2025 |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207135403/https://www.biserche.com/izvestni-sa-nositelite-na-nagradi-biserche-valshebno-2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Goodreads Choice Award
| Middle Grade and Children’s
| ''[[Daughter of the Deep]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="goodreads21">{{cite web |title=The 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2021 |website=goodreads.com |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409112830/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
| 2022–2023 
| Junior Tome It List 
| Middle Grade Literature 
| ''Daughter of the Deep'' 
| {{nom|on the list}} 
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="JuniorTomeIt2022">{{cite web|title=Junior Tome It List 2022–2023|url=http://www.tomesociety.org/22-23-junior-tome-it-list.html|access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| Geffen Award
| Best Young Adult Book
| ''[[The Chalice of the Gods]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="geffen" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| rowspan="2" | [[3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards|Children's and Family Emmy Awards]]
| Outstanding Young Teen Series
| ''[[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson and the Olympians]]'' TV series
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |  <ref name="cafe25">{{cite web |title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces 3rd Annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards Winners |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-CAFE-Final-Winners-Release-1.pdf |website=theemmys.tv |access-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-date=April 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427183329/https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-CAFE-Final-Winners-Release-1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Writing for a Young Teen Series
| ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'': episode "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher"
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==Publications==
===''Percy Jackson & the Olympians''===
{{Main|Percy Jackson & the Olympians}}
===Original Series===
# ''[[The Lightning Thief]]'' (2005)
# ''[[The Sea of Monsters]]'' (2006)
# ''[[The Titan's Curse]]'' (2007)
# ''[[The Battle of the Labyrinth]]'' (2008)
# ''[[The Last Olympian]]'' (2009)
===The Senior Year Adventures===
# ''[[The Chalice of the Gods]]'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ulatowski|first=Rachel|date=October 20, 2022|title='Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods' Release Date, Characters, Plot, and More|url=https://www.themarysue.com/percy-jackson-and-the-chalice-of-the-gods-release-date-characters-plot-and-more/|access-date=February 6, 2023|website=The Mary Sue|language=en|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206005755/https://www.themarysue.com/percy-jackson-and-the-chalice-of-the-gods-release-date-characters-plot-and-more/|url-status=live}}</ref>
# ''[[Wrath of the Triple Goddess]]'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite web | title = Rick Riordan Announces The Upcoming Release of A New 'Percy Jackson' Book | url = https://themessenger.com/entertainment/new-percy-jackson-book-wrath-of-triple-goddess-rick-riordan| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012033225/https://themessenger.com/entertainment/new-percy-jackson-book-wrath-of-triple-goddess-rick-riordan| url-status = dead| archive-date = October 12, 2023}}</ref>

====Related books====
# ''[[The Demigod Files]]'' (2009)
# ''[[The Ultimate Guide]]'' (2010, in collaboration with Antonio Caparo, Philip Chidlow, and Keven Hays)
# ''Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo'' (2013; short story published in [[Guys Read]])
# ''[[Percy Jackson's Greek Gods]]'' (2014, illustrations by John Rocco)
# ''[[Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes]]'' (2015, illustrations by John Rocco)
# ''The Percy Jackson Coloring Book'' (2017, artwork by Keith Robinson)<ref>"The Percy Jackson Coloring Book – Rick Riordan". rickriordan.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.</ref>
# ''The Lightning Thief: Illustrated Edition'' (August 14, 2018, illustrated by John Rocco)<ref name="2018 releases">{{cite web|title=Rick Riordan Announces New Books for 2018|url=https://www.readriordan.com/2017/10/17/rick-riordan-announces-new-books-releasing-2018/|website=readriordan.com|date=October 17, 2017|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185317/https://www.readriordan.com/2017/10/17/rick-riordan-announces-new-books-releasing-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''The Heroes of Olympus''===
{{Main|The Heroes of Olympus}}
# ''[[The Lost Hero]]'' (2010)
# ''[[The Son of Neptune]]'' (2011)
# ''[[The Mark of Athena]]'' (2012)
# ''[[The House of Hades]]'' (2013)
# ''[[The Blood of Olympus]]'' (2014)

====Related books====
# ''[[The Demigod Diaries]]'' (2012)
# ''Demigods of Olympus'' (2015, interactive e-book)

===''The Kane Chronicles''===
{{Main|The Kane Chronicles}}
# ''[[The Red Pyramid]]'' (2010)
# ''[[The Throne of Fire]]'' (2011)
# ''[[The Serpent's Shadow (Riordan novel)|The Serpent's Shadow]]'' (2012)

====Related books====
# ''Survival Guide'' (2012)
# ''Brooklyn House Magician's Manual'' (2018)<ref name="2018 releases" />

===''Demigods and Magicians''===
Published individually first, then as an anthology titled ''Demigods and Magicians'' in 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Rick Riordan announces 'Trials of Apollo' series set in Percy Jackson's world|url = http://www.hypable.com/rick-riordan-percy-jackson-trials-apollo |website = Hypable |date = October 7, 2015 |access-date = October 7, 2015}}</ref>
# ''[[The Son of Sobek]]'' (2013)
# ''[[The Staff of Serapis]]'' (2014)
# ''[[The Crown of Ptolemy]]'' (2015)

===''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard''===
{{Main|Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard}}
# ''[[The Sword of Summer (novel)|The Sword of Summer]]'' (2015)<ref name="SoS release scheduled">{{cite web | url=http://readriordan.com/book/the-sword-of-summer/ | title=The Sword of Summer | publisher=Disney-Hyperion | work=ReadRiordan.com | access-date=July 28, 2015 | archive-date=August 12, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812040048/http://readriordan.com/book/the-sword-of-summer/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
# ''[[The Hammer of Thor]]'' (2016)
# ''[[The Ship of the Dead]]'' (2017)

====Related books====
# ''[[Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds]]'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Magnus-Chase-Introduction-Fantastic-Creatures-ebook/dp/B01FZLMTVG?ie=UTF8&btkr=1&redirect=true&ref_=dp-kindle-redirect |title=For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds: Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings, & Fantastic Creatures |last=Riordan |first=Rick |date=August 16, 2016 |publisher=Disney Hyperion |language=en |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713122524/https://www.amazon.com/Magnus-Chase-Introduction-Fantastic-Creatures-ebook/dp/B01FZLMTVG?ie=UTF8&btkr=1&redirect=true&ref_=dp-kindle-redirect |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hv rr.com">{{cite web |url=http://rickriordan.com/book/hotel-valhalla-guide-to-the-norse-worlds/ |title=For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds |publisher=Rick Riordan |work=Series Info: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard |access-date=September 13, 2016 |author=Riordan, Rick |date=May 23, 2016 |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531005722/http://rickriordan.com/book/hotel-valhalla-guide-to-the-norse-worlds/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
# ''The Magnus Chase Coloring Book'' (August 14, 2018, artwork by Keith Robinson)<ref name="2018 releases" />
# ''9 from the Nine Worlds'' (October 2, 2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=9 from the Nine Worlds Cover Revealed|url=https://www.readriordan.com/2018/02/08/9-from-the-nine-worlds-cover-revealed/|website=readriordan.com|date=February 8, 2018|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223232329/https://www.readriordan.com/2018/02/08/9-from-the-nine-worlds-cover-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''The Trials of Apollo''===
{{Main|The Trials of Apollo}}
# ''[[The Hidden Oracle]]'' (2016)<ref name=":0" />
# ''[[The Dark Prophecy]]'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rickriordan.com/series/the-trials-of-apollo/ |title=The Trials of Apollo – Rick Riordan |website=rickriordan.com |access-date=May 29, 2017 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133409/http://rickriordan.com/series/the-trials-of-apollo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
# ''[[The Burning Maze]]'' (2018)<ref name="2018 releases" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Apollo-Book-Three-Burning-ebook/dp/B071NM121R/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1501508407&sr=1-1&keywords=the+burning+maze|title=The Trials of Apollo, Book Three: The Burning Maze|last=Riordan|first=Rick|date=May 1, 2018|publisher=Disney Hyperion|language=en}}</ref>
# ''[[The Tyrant's Tomb]]'' (2019)
# ''[[The Tower of Nero]]'' (2020)

====Related books====
# ''Camp Half-Blood Confidential'' (2017)
# ''Camp Jupiter Classified'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readriordan.com/2019/11/06/camp-jupiter-classified////|title=CAMP JUPITER CLASSIFIED|website=Read Riordan|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303104903/https://www.readriordan.com/2019/11/06/camp-jupiter-classified////|url-status=live}}</ref>
===''Nico DiAngelo Adventures''    (in collaboration with Mark Oshiro) ===
* ''[[The Sun and the Star]]'' (2023)
* ''The Court of the Dead'' (2025)

===''Tres Navarre''===
# ''[[Big Red Tequila]]'' (1997)
# ''The Widower's Two-Step'' (1998)
# ''The Last King of Texas'' (2001)
# ''The Devil Went Down to Austin'' (2002)
# ''Southtown'' (2004)
# ''Mission Road'' (2005)
# ''Rebel Island'' (2008)

===''The 39 Clues''===
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# ''[[The Maze of Bones]]'' (2008)
# ''Introduction to The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets'' (2010)
# ''[[Vespers Rising]]'' (2011, in collaboration with [[Peter Lerangis]], [[Gordon Korman]], and [[Jude Watson]])

===Graphic novels===
====''Percy Jackson & the Olympians''====
# ''The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel'' (2010, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Nate Powell, and Jose Villarrubia)
# ''The Sea of Monsters Graphic Novel'' (2013, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Tamas Gaspar)
# ''The Titan's Curse Graphic Novel'' (2013, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Gregory Guilhaumond)
# ''The Battle of Labyrinth Graphic Novel'' (2018, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Orpheus Collar and Antoine Dode)
# ''The Last Olympian Graphic Novel'' (2019, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Orpheus Collar and Antoine Dode)

====''The Kane Chronicles''====
# ''The Red Pyramid Graphic Novel'' (2012, adapted by Orpheus Collar)
# ''The Throne of Fire Graphic Novel'' (2015, adapted by Orpheus Collar)
# ''The Serpent's Shadow Graphic Novel'' (2017, adapted by Orpheus Collar)<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Riordan|first1=Rick|title=The Kane Chronicles, Book Three, The Serpent's Shadow: The Graphic Novel|last2=Collar|first2=Orpheus|date=October 3, 2017|publisher=Disney-Hyperion|isbn=9781484782347|language=en}}</ref>

====''The Heroes of Olympus''====
# ''The Lost Hero Graphic Novel'' (2014, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Nate Powell, and Orpheus Collar)
# ''The Son of Neptune Graphic Novel'' (2017, in collaboration with Robert Venditti, Antoine Dode, and Orpheus Collar)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two, The Son of Neptune: The Graphic Novel|last1=Riordan|first1=Rick|last2=Venditti|first2=Robert|date=February 21, 2017|publisher=Disney-Hyperion|isbn=9781484716212|language=en}}</ref>

===Standalone novels===
* ''Cold Springs'' (2004)
* ''[[Daughter of the Deep]]'' (2021)<ref>{{cite book | via=WorldCat | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1263256204 | title=Daughter of the Deep|oclc = 1263256204}}</ref>

===Other===
* Introduction to the anthology ''Tales of the Greek Heroes'', [[Roger Lancelyn Green]] (2009)
* Introduction to the essay collection ''[[Demigods and Monsters]]'' (2009, 2013)

==Rick Riordan Presents==
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In September 2016, [[Disney Publishing Worldwide|Disney]]-[[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion]] announced a new Rick Riordan imprint. The imprint is called "[[Rick Riordan Presents]]" and was launched in March 2018. It is headed by Riordan's editor, Stephanie Owens Lurie.<ref name="imprint1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/71466-disney-announces-new-rick-riordan-imprint.html|title=Disney Announces New Rick Riordan Imprint|last=Corbett|first=Sue|date=September 13, 2016|website=Publishers Weekly Online|publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=May 28, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116080900/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/71466-disney-announces-new-rick-riordan-imprint.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lurie said that Riordan had been approached about an imprint several years ago but initially dismissed the idea because of his heavy workload. Later, he reported back that he had been "toying with the idea" and was "willing to go forward with a publishing line that was not a brand extension for his own work but a platform for Riordan to bring other great writers to the attention of his vast and loyal audience."<ref name="imprint1"/> She also said that the imprint planned to launch with two then-undetermined books. "The point of making this announcement now is to get the word out about what we're looking for."<ref name="imprint1"/>

The imprint does not publish books written by Riordan, "whose role [is] closer to curator."<ref name="imprint1"/> In an interview with the ''Iowa Gazette'', Riordan said, "Instead of [[Mythology in Rick Riordan's works|me writing all of the mythologies]] we are going to look for authors who already are writing about that stuff. If I feel like I can recommend them [to my readers] ... we're going to have them out here in the spotlight."<ref name="imprint2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegazette.com/rick-riordan-brings-stories-to-iowa-city-20161031|title=Rick Riordan brings stories to Iowa City|last=Kuennen|first=Alyson|date=October 31, 2016|website=TheGazette.com|publisher=The Iowa Gazette|access-date=May 28, 2017|archive-date=January 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122073908/http://www.thegazette.com/rick-riordan-brings-stories-to-iowa-city-20161031|url-status=live}}</ref> A focus will be placed on "diverse, mythology-based fiction by new, emerging, and under-represented authors". Lurie expressed hopes that the imprint would help satisfy Riordan fans without asking the author to write more than his usual two books a year.<ref name="imprint1"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*''Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists'' featuring Riordan. Edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson ([[Trinity University (Texas)#Trinity University Press|Trinity University Press]], 2008).

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