Rick Riordan yog tus kws sau nkauj Asmeskas nrov, tus sau ntawm koob npe Percy Jackson thiab cov neeg Olympians thiab Heroes ntawm Olympus.
Kev kawm
Rick Riordan yug rau lub Rau Hli 5, 1964 hauv San Antonio, tsev ze li ib thiab ib nrab lab cov neeg nyob. Tsev neeg ntawm tus kws sau ntawv yav tom ntej tau muaj tswv yim tiag tiag. Kuv niam yog kws ua nkauj thiab tsim duab, thiab kuv txiv nyiam txua duab puab puab. Rick, tau kawm tiav hauv tsev kawm ntawv hauv nws lub nroog thiab tau txais kev kawm tiav theem nrab, txiav txim siab mus rau txoj kev muaj tswv yim zoo tib yam thiab los ua cov nkauj paj nruag.
North Texas cov tsev kawm qib siab yog qhov zoo rau nws, tab sis nws kawm tsis tiav. Riordan pauv mus rau ib lub tsev kawm qib siab hauv Austin, Texas. Tom qab kawm tiav, Riordan tau txais ob qho kev kawm qib siab - hauv thaj tsam Askiv thiab keeb kwm.
Cov kws sau ntawv cov haujlwm
Rick tau txais nws thawj qhov kev kawm hauv nws lub neej thaum nws muaj hnub nyoog 13, sau ib zaj dab neeg. Nws npaj yuav muab nws tso tawm rau hauv cov ntawv xov xwm, tab sis hloov nws lub siab. Tsis tas li ntawd hauv nws cov hluas, tus kws sau ntawv yav tom ntej pib tau nqa nrog dab neeg ntawm Ancient Tim Nkij teb chaws thiab Scandinavia. Rick kuj tseem ua tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev ua yeeb yam hauv tsev kawm ntawv mus pw hav zoov tau peb xyoos.
Tsev Kawm Ntawv hauv New Braunfels, Texas tau dhau los ua tus kws sau ntawv thawj txoj haujlwm. Nyob ntawd nws tau ua haujlwm ib nrab hnub ua xibfwb qhia ntawv.
Xyoo 1997, nws thawj phau ntawv, Ntshav Liab Tequila, tau sau thiab luam tawm. Cov haujlwm tau poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog cov neeg nyeem thiab tau txais ntau qhov khoom plig tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Asmeskas - Anthony Prize, Shamus Prize thiab Edgar Poe Prize.
Xyoo 2005, tus kws sau ntawv luam tawm thawj phau ntawv ntawm Percy Jackson thiab Olympians. Raws li ib tus kws qhia, nws tau siv qee cov npe uas nws paub txog nws tus tub txog Poseidon - Jackson, Nancy Bobofit, Luca Castellan thiab lwm tus.
Nws tes haujlwm poob hauv kev hlub nrog pej xeem. Nws cov hauj lwm tau nyob rau saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm cov npe hauv The New York Times, thiab Twentieth Century Fox tau txais txoj cai los sau zaj yeeb yaj kiab no.
Cov koob npe "Heirs of the Gods" tau tso rau thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2010, uas qhia txog cov vajtswv Iyiv, kuj tau txais nws qhov koob meej.
Nws kuj tsis cia nws lub siab nyiam mus ua dabneeg. Rick Riordan tau hais tias nws tab tom sau ib zaj tshiab tshiab raws cov qub mythology Norse. Nws tau tshaj tawm thaum Lub Kaum Hlis 6, 2015 nrog cov xov xwm ntawm zaj yeeb yaj kiab tshiab hais txog Greek mythology, uas yuav raug hu ua "The Trials of Apollo".
Tus kheej lub neej
Rick Riordan muaj poj niam, Becky, thiab ob tug tub, Hayley thiab Patrick. Tus tub, ib yam li nws txiv, kuj pib koom nrog Greek cov dab neeg. Tus me nyuam txhawb nqa nws txiv, uas tau koom nrog tsim kev ua haujlwm nrog Greek tus phab ej thiab zoo siab tos rau qhov kawg ntawm daim ntawv ua tiav. Hauv nws qhov kev xam phaj, tus kws sau ntawv nto moo tau rov qab lees tias nws ua tsaug rau nws tus tub uas nws tau pib sau ntawv ua haujlwm nrog Greek tus phab ej.
