He gained their approval, and with their help, came up with the name of the book and created the way Percy's sword works. Leaving his manuscript with his agent and editor for review, Rick Riordan presented the book to a group of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to read and critique. Haley suggested that he should turn that story into a book, and Riordan wrote the first book, later becoming known as The Lightning Thief, over the next year despite being busy at that time. This led Riordan to create the fictional character of Percy Jackson and create the story of him traveling across the United States to recover Zeus's lightning bolt, which was thought to be done by Hades. When Rick Riordan ran out of myths, his son suggested that he would make up new stories using existing mythological characters and new ones. His son, Haley, had been studying Greek mythology in second grade and requested that his father tell him bedtime stories based on Greek myths. Riordan at the Texas Book Festival in November 2007, doing publicity for Book 4ĭevelopment for the Percy Jackson series commenced when Rick Riordan began telling bedtime stories for his son Haley Riordan, who had at the time been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. A TV series based on the novels is currently in production for Disney+. An adaptation of the second book, titled Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released in 2013, also to mixed reviews. The first book was adapted into a film titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief in 2010, which was commercially successful, but received mixed reviews from critics and the audience as it has very few similarities to the book. Two sequel series, The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo, follow. As of January 2022, the books have sold more than 180 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling book series of all time. Five supplementary books, along with graphic novel versions of each book, have also been released. All the books were published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books. The first three books were published in the United States by Miramax Books before it was folded into Hyperion Books, which published the following books. The novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st century, and follows the protagonist Percy Jackson, a young demigod who must prevent the Titans, led by Kronos (Cronus), from destroying the world. Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a series of five fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
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