Summary
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe Trials of Apollo (Book 1)First in a new series from the "Storyteller of the Gods" (Publishers Weekly) and author of three #1 New York Times bestselling middle grade series.After angering his father, Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Now a weak and disoriented teenage boy in New York City, the four-thousand-year-old deity can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
Rick Riordan was born on June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in English and history, he taught in public and private middle schools for many years.
He writes several children's series including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, and The Heroes of Olympus, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, and The Trials of Apollo. He also writes the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. He has won Edgar, Anthony, and Shamus Awards for his mystery novels. .
(Bowker Author Biography)
