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Rick Riordan
Data de nascimento: 5. Junho 1964
Richard Russell Riordan, Jr. , também conhecido simplesmente como Rick Riordan, é um escritor norte-americano mais conhecido por escrever a série Percy Jackson & os Olimpianos. Ele também escreveu a série adulta de mistérios Tres Navarre. Ajudou a desenvolver os dez livros da série The 39 Clues e escreveu o primeiro livro da série, O Labirinto dos Ossos. Em 2012, ele completou uma trilogia focada em mitologia egípcia, As Crônicas dos Kane, e já publicou todos os cinco livros planejados da série Os Heróis do Olimpo, a continuação da série Percy Jackson e os Olimpianos, que foca na mitologia romana e grega. Ele também está escrevendo a série Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, baseada na mitologia nórdica. Em 06 de outubro de 2015, Riordan anunciou uma sequência para Os Heróis do Olimpo, uma série de cinco livros chamada The Trials of Apollo, cujo primeiro livro foi The Hidden Oracle.
Atualmente mora com a mulher Beck Riordan e dois filhos Haley e Patrick Riordan em Boston, Massachusetts. Durante quinze anos ensinou inglês e história em escolas públicas e particulares de São Francisco.
Riordan já é considerado por muitos jovens leitores o maior escritor teen, assim como a autora da série Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling.
Riordan é muito respeitado e tem muitos fãs pelo mundo inteiro, devido ao sucesso de seus livros.
O que muitos não sabem é que: seu avô materno Anthony Smith é sobrinho do celebre escritor George Orwell. Porém, as famílias Smith-Riordan e Orwell não têm ligação atualmente. Seu maior ídolo é o escritor alemão Joseph Kooling-Schnneider. Sua série Os heróis do Olimpo foi inspirada na mitologia grega, porém, usou a romana para fazer companhia a Percy Jackson.
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„And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.“
— Rick Riordan, livro The Last Olympian
Fonte: The Last Olympian
„She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"
You'd probably kick my butt."
YouI'd kick your butt."
I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable… Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."
Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"
Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"
Oh, you so wanted to."
Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking…" My throat felt really dry.
Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft.
I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.
You're laughing at me," I complained.
I am not!"
You arenot making this easy."
Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands
around my neck. "I am never, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.“
— Rick Riordan, livro The Last Olympian
Fonte: The Last Olympian
„The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.“
— Rick Riordan, livro The Last Olympian
Fonte: The Last Olympian
„Percy, let me go" she croaked. "You can't pull me up."
His face was white with effort. She could see in his eyes that he knew it was hopeless.
"Never," he said. He looked up at Nico, fifteen feet above.
"The other side, Nico! We'll see you there. Understand?"
Nico's eyes widened. "But-"
"Lead them!" Percy shouted. "Promise me!"
"I-I will."
Below them, the voice laughed in the darkness. Sacrifices. Beautiful sacrifices to wake the goddess.
Percy tightened his grip on Annabeth's wrist. His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome.
"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."
Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall.
"As long as we're together," she said.
She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see.
Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.“
— Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
Fonte: The Mark of Athena
