Rick Riordan was born named Richard Russell Riordan, Jr. on June 5, 1964. He attended North Texas State University before transferring to University of Texas Austin where he received bachelors degrees in both history and english. He also received his teaching certification from the University of Texas in San Antonio. 

Riordan began his professional writing career with an adult mystery series centring on private investigator Jackson (“Tres”) Navarre which won him several literary awards. However, he is most notably known for the Percy Jackson series, about a kid with both ADHD and Dyslexia who happens to be the son of a god. The inspiration for this greek mythology series came from his own son, Haley, who suffered from both ADHD and dyslexia.

Four sequels, two movies, one disney+ show all proceed from this first series. Rick continued to write this time incorporating Roman mythology into the Heroes of Olympus series. He also wrote the Kane Chronicles based on Egyption mythology and Magnus Chase based on Norse mythology as well as several crossovers between the characters as seen in the short stories, The Crown of Ptolemy and The Son of Sobek. 

Today, over 190 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 still continues to write new novels revolving around the Percy Jackson universe and has also launched "Rick Riordan Presents" which is an imprint to "focus on diverse, mythology-based fiction by new, emerging, and under-represented authors" and helps to bring forth new stories from mythologies around the world.