Percy jackson bio

[close] Perseus "Percy" Jackson is the main character and the narrator of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series as well as one of the main characters in The Heroes of Olympus series. He is a Greek demigod son of Poseidon/Neptune, god of the sea and Sally Jackson, a mortal. His half-brother is Tyson. His first step-father was a horrible man called Gabe Ugliano, his second being Paul Blofis.
In the Heroes of Olympus Series, he is one of the Seven demigods in the second great prophecy, and, as Juno/Hera says, 'the glue that will hold the seven together.'

He is loyal to his friends, and his great weakness is his willingness to risk his life to save his friends.

Children's fantasy adventure series

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians" redirects here. For the TV series, see Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series). For other uses, see Percy Jackson (disambiguation).

Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a fantasy novel series by American author Rick Riordan. The first book series in his Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, the novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st century. The series follows the protagonist, Percy Jackson, a young demigod who must prevent the Titans, led by Kronos, from destroying the world.

The first three books were published in the United States by Miramax Books before they were folded into Hyperion Books; that house published the following three books. All the books were published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books. Four supplementary books, along with graphic novel versions of the first five books, have also been released. By January , the books had sold more than million copies worldwide, making the series one of the best-selling of all time. Two sequel series, The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo, follow. A follow-up trilogy in the series, The Senior Year Adventures, takes place after the events of The Heroes of Olympus and began in with The Chalice of the Gods.

The first book was adapted as a film titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (). It was commercially successful but received mixed reviews from critics and the audience for its departure from the book. The first book was also adapted into a musical. The second book was adapted as a film titled Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (), which also received mixed reviews. A TV series based on the novels premiered on Disney+ in to positive reviews.

Origins

Rick Riordan has said that the development of these novels began when he was telling bedtime stories to his son, Haley Riordan. Haley had been diagnosed with ADHD and dys

Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels for young readers, including the Percy Jackson series.

For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. While teaching in San Antonio, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award.

While teaching full time, Riordan began writing mystery novels for grownups. His Tres Navarre series went on to win the top three national awards in the mystery genre – the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus. Riordan turned to children&#;s fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son.

Today, over million copies of his books are in print worldwide, and rights have been sold into more than 37 countries. Rick and his wife Becky are both executive producers overseeing TV/film adaptations of his works including Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Daughter of the Deep.

Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons.

You can follow Rick on Mastodon. At present, this is the only social media platform which Rick uses personally. All other accounts are run by staff.

Fictional character in books by Rick Riordan

This article is about the character. For the book series, see Percy Jackson & the Olympians.

For other uses, see Percy Jackson (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a fictional character, the title character and narrator of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He is also one of seven main protagonists of the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus, appearing in every book except The Lost Hero, and appears in the Trials of Apollo series, making him one of the few characters to appear in all three series of the Camp Half-Blood chronicles. He has also been a narrator and protagonist in Riordan's Greco-Roman/Egyptian crossover stories, part of the Demigods and Magicians collection. The character serves as the narrator in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, also by Rick Riordan.

Percy Jackson is played by Logan Lerman in the film adaptations, by Chris McCarrell in the musical and by Walker Scobell in the television adaptation for Disney+.

Creation and conception

Development of the character Percy Jackson began when Rick Riordan started inventing stories for his son Haley Riordan, who was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in the spring of When Haley was in second grade and he was studying Greek mythology, he asked his father to tell him bedtime stories based on those myths. When his father ran out of ideas, Haley suggested that he make up new stories that combined existing mythological characters with new ones. This led Riordan to create the fictional character of Percy Jackson and the story of his travels across the United States to recover Zeus's lightning-bolt. Haley then suggested it be written as a novel. Riordan received input on the manuscript from some of his middle school students before taking the idea of Percy Jack