Background Information
Rick Riordan (pronounced ryer-don) was born on June 15, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. He was a teacher for 15 years, working at public and private schools, in San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. When he was teaching full-time he would write mystery novels for adults in his free time. Now he writes full time and currently (as of 2013) lives in San Antonio with 2 sons and his wife. A lot of the ideas from the series came from his own personal life (ex: his son has dyslexia and ADHD, so most of the demigods have dyslexia and ADHD). The Son of Neptune was published in October 4, 2011.