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To sir,

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ummary

Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4

The Author .................................................................................................................................... 5

Life and Career .............................................................................................................................. 6

BIbliography .................................................................................................................................. 8

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: ............................................................................................... 8

The Heroes of Olympus: ............................................................................................................ 8

The Kane Chronicles: ................................................................................................................. 8

Tres Navarre series: ................................................................................................................... 7

Controversies ................................................................................................................................ 9

Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 10

References ................................................................................................................................... 11

Attachments ................................................................................................................................ 12

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ntroduction

This work, done in molds academics, aims to inform the reader about the life, career and

works of the American author Rick Riordan. Therefore, it is organized into fourchapters, whose topics are, respectively, Author, Life and Career, Bibliography and

Controversies. In each chapter, the history of one of today's most famous children's

literature authors, compared sometimes to other great names like J.K. Rowling, will be

told. The content researched and selected, composed of interviews, opinion articles and

many others, is organized to facilitate the understanding of the interested reader.

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he Author

Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan Jr., also known as Tio Rick in Brazil, is an American

author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote

the adult mystery series Tres Navarre and helped edit Demigods and Monsters, a

collection of essays on his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the ten books of

The 39 Clues series and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones. In 2012,

he completed a trilogy focusing on Egyptian mythology, The Kane Chronicles, and has

published four out of five planned books of The Heroes of Olympus series, the sequel to

the Percy Jackson series that focuses on Roman and Greek mythology. He is also

planning to write a series based on Norse mythology.

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ife and Career

Born on June 5, 1964, Rick Riordan grew up in Texas. He attended the Alamo HeightsHigh School, graduating in 1982. For higher education Rick enrolled at the University

of Texas in Austin double majoring in English and history. After graduation from the

university in 1986, Rick Riordan chose teaching for a career. For 15 years Rick taught

English, history and Greek mythology at various middle schools in the San Francisco

Bay Area and in San Antonio. In 2002, he was presented the St. Marys Halls first

Master Teacher Award for his exceptional teaching services. Rick began to enjoy

writing from an early age. He made many unsuccessful attempts of publishing his short

stories in teenage years. At school, Rick was appointed the editor of the high school

newspaper. It was not until graduation from college and teaching in San Francisco that

Riordan took writing seriously.

Riordans son, Haley who was diagnosed with ADHD (TDAH in Brazil) and dyslexia

held a keen interest in a subject his father taught, Greek mythology. Then in the second

grade, Haley would often request upon Rick to tell him stories inspired by Greek

mythologies. In order to fulfill his sons request, Riordan quickly invented the character

of Percy Jackson, a twelve year boy who suddenly discovers he is the son of a Greek

God. Riordan began a creatively crafted imaginative tale of Percys expedition to bring

back Zeuss lightning bolt in present day America. After Rick finished telling the story

in three nights, Haley requested him to write down the story as a book. Not wanting todisappoint his son, Riordan took out time to write down the story. To show his respect

and care for dyslexic children, Riordan attributed some characteristics of this disease to

Percy. Thus, Riordans world famous Percy Jackson series came into being.

While living in California was enjoyable and comfortable for his wife and kids, Riordan

yearned for Texas. His nostalgic feelings for Texas led him to write a mystery novel set

in San Antonio, his hometown. The novel entitled Big Red Tequila featured the central

character of Tres Navarre, a private eye Ph.D in English. The novel received

enthusiastic reviews and won Riordan the three most prestigious awards in the mystery

genre. Riordan was presented the Edgar, Anthony and Shamus awards for Big RedTequila. Riordan has to his credit a number of other awards as well.

Riordan is author to five series which include Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The

Heroes of Olympus, The 39 Clues Series, Tres Navarre Series and The Kane

Chronicles. He is also written a standalone novel entitled Cold Springs which was

published in 2004. Rick Riordan currently resides in San Antonio with his wife and

their two sons.

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Where did you get the idea for Percy Jackson?

My son Haley asked me to tell him some bedtime stories about the Greek gods and

heroes. I had taught Greek myths for many years at the middle school level, so I wasglad to comply. When I ran out of myths, he was disappointed and asked me if I could

make up something new with the same characters.

I thought about it for a few minutes. Then I remembered a creative writing project I

used to do with my sixth gradersI would let them create their own demigod hero, the

son or daughter of any god they wanted, and have them describe a Greek-style quest for

that hero. Off the top of my head, I made up Percy Jackson and told Haley all about his

quest to recover Zeus lightning bolt in modern day America. It took about three nights

to tell the whole story, and when I was done, Haley told me I should write it out as a

book.

I had a lot to do already, but I somehow found the time to write the first Percy Jackson

book over the next year. I just really enjoyed writing it. The story was such fun, and so

different from my adult fiction, that I found myself spending a lot of time on it. Now,

Im sure glad I did!"

- Rick Riordan in an interview about Percy Jackson & the Olympian series.


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Ibliography

Percy Jackson & the Olympians:

The Lightning Thief (July 1, 2005) The Sea of Monsters (April 1, 2006) The Titan's Curse (May 11, 2007) The Battle of the Labyrinth (May 6, 2008) The Last Olympian (May 5, 2009)

The Heroes of Olympus:

The Lost Hero (October 12, 2010) The Son of Neptune (October 4, 2011) The Mark of Athena (October 2, 2012) The House of Hades (October 8, 2013) The Blood of Olympus (Fall 2014)

The Kane Chronicles:

The Red Pyramid (May 4, 2010) The Throne of Fire (May 9, 2011) The Serpent's Shadow (1st May, 2012) The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide (2012)

Tres Navarre series:

Big Red Tequila (June 2, 1997) The Widower's Two-Step (May 4, 1998) The Last King of Texas (April 3, 2001) The Devil Went Down to Austin (June 25, 2002) Southtown (December 28, 2004) Mission Road (June 28, 2005) Rebel Island (September 30, 2008)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lightning_Thiefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_of_Monstershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Titan%27s_Cursehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_Labyrinthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Olympianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Herohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Neptunehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mark_of_Athenahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Hadeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Pyramid_(novel)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Throne_of_Firehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Shadow_(2012_novel)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_Tequilahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_Tequilahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpent%27s_Shadow_(2012_novel)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Throne_of_Firehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Pyramid_(novel)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Hadeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mark_of_Athenahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Neptunehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Herohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Olympianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_Labyrinthhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Titan%27s_Cursehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_of_Monstershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lightning_Thief


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ontroversies

Ever since the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief, was released in 2005, theauthor has been facing a sequence of accusations, mainly in the form of plagiarism, of

copying other successful series of children's literature, like Harry Potter. Even Rick

agreed the plot and the characters from The Lightning Thief are considerably

resembling the ones from the British author J.K. Rowling.

The most evident similarities are Riordan's trio of main characters: the protagonistPercy Jackson, a problematic boy who is abused at home and discovers suddenly that

his origins are completely different from what he imagined and that a future of

adventure and emotion awaits him, just like Harry Potter, Grover, a clumsy and

cowardly, but loyal goat boy, like J.K.'s Ron Weasley and Annabeth, an extremely

intelligent and independent girl, similarly to Hermione Granger.The first movie of the Percy Jack & the Olympians series was directed by Chris

Columbus, who had directed two movies from the Harry Potter series. As an answer to

the accusations, Rick went on record saying:

"I'm sure the publishers would argue about the Potter comparison, saying that the

template is mythology and not magic: gods, demi-gods, furies and the like. But get

serious: It's pure Harry, from the revelation that teen-age Percy has powers he never

knew about to the Hogwarts-like camp where he learns to use said powers to the

Dumbledore-like teacher (in this case, the centaur Chiron, played by Pierce Brosnan)

who helps him achieve his destiny."

- Marshall Fine

"She [Rowling] established the standard for the new children's literature, but Percy and

Harry are very different children, who live in different worlds."

- Rick Riordan on the plagiarism accusations around Percy Jackson and Harry Potter.

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onclusion

Rick Riordan is considered one of the most famous authors of children's literature in the world.His works influenced not only young people, but also adults of all ages. As a conclusion of this

work, it was possible to know a little more about the history of his life, how the ideas for his

works cameas well as his plans for a near future.

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eferences

pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_RiordanIn November 8, 2012. http://www.famousauthors.org/rick-riordan - In November 10, 2013. http://www.rickriordan.com/about-rick/an-interview-with-rick.aspx - In November 13,

2013.

http://hollywoodandfine.com/%E2%80%98percy-jackson-the-olympians-the-lightning-thief%E2%80%99-barely-strikes-once/- In November 13, 2013.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/movie-review-ipercy-jacks_b_459729.html - In November 13, 2013.

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ttachments

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians series (5 books)http:\\www.pilhadecultura.blogspot.com

The Kane Chronicles series

(3 books) -

http://www.bookworm.com

November 13, 2013.

The first novel in Tres

Navarre series: Big RedTequila (in Brazil Tequila

Vermelha).

www.psychobooks.com.br

November 9, 2013. The Heroes of Olympus series (5

books)in the picture only 3.

http://www.whatanerdgirlsays.com

November 11, 2013.
http://pilhadecultura.blogspot.com/http://pilhadecultura.blogspot.com/


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Trabalho apresentado

disciplina de ingls.

Professor orientador:Jaqueline

Felipe Mariano Freire da Silva, 083B

Academic Work:

Rick Riordan

Colgio Interao Modelo, 2013.

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