Richard Russell Riordan Jr. is an American author best known for the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and its related 'Camp Half-Blood Chronicles' franchises, which have been adapted into films and a Disney+ television series.
Works and franchises
Riordan is best known for the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, which includes the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series, The Trials of Apollo series, and (per the source) The Nico di Angelo Adventures series. His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the United States.
Adaptations
20th Century Fox adapted the first two Percy Jackson books as part of a film series, which Riordan was not involved with. He later served as co-creator and executive producer on the Disney+ television adaptation of his Percy Jackson series released in 2023, for which he won two Emmy Awards.
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