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1. Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a 5 book series created by Rick Riordan. The title of the books are: The Lightning Thief (2005), The Sea of Monsters (2006), The Titan's Curse (2007), The Battle of the Labyrinth (2008) and The Last Olympian 2009).
2. Perseus "Percy" Jackson is also known as "seaweed brain."
3. Percy is the son of Poseidon.
4. Percy Jackson is a fictional character, the title character and narrator of Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and a protagonist in the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus.
5. The series begins with The Lightning Thief with Percy Jackson as a troubled twelve-year-old boy who suffers from dyslexia and ADHD.
6. The Percy Jackson series was illustrated by John Rocco.
7. The weapon of Percy Jackson is a magic sword named Anakslusmos or Riptide.
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is the first series written by Rick Riordan, and the predecessor of The Heroes of Olympus series. The series focuses on Greek mythology.
9. Every book follows Percy Jackson's adventures in his point-of-view.
10. Each book is loosely based on a different Greek hero's adventures.
11. Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. was on born June 5, 1964 and is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
12. Riordan was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.
13. Following the success of Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan created The Kane Chronicles, which features a modern-day Egyptian pantheon and two new sibling protagonists.
14. Riordan also created a sequel series to the Percy Jackson books, The Heroes of Olympus.
15. Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus
16. Rick Riordan is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.
17. For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas.
18. In 2002, Saint Marys Hall honored him with the schools first Master Teacher Award.
19. Rick Riordan lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and their two sons Patrick and Haley, who inspired his Percy Jackson series.

1. The Tres Navarre series of Rick Riordan went on to win the top three national awards in the mystery genre the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus.
2. More than 20 million copies of the books have been sold in more than 35 countries.
3. As of October 28, 2011, the series has been on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for children's book series for 223 weeks.
4. 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.
5. An adaptation of the second book, titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, was released in 2013
6. The book was released in multiple versions including hardcover, paperback and audio editions
7. The series has been translated into multiple languages and published all over the world.
8. In June 1997, Riordan signed with Bantam Books to prepare the book for publishing.
9. In 2004, the book was sold to Miramax Books for enough money for Riordan to quit his job to focus on writing.
10. After it was released on 28 July 2005, it sold over 1.2 million copies.
11. The Lightning Thief received mostly positive reviews and won awards including the School Library Journal Best Book of 2005.
12. The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth installment in the series. It was released on May 6, 2008.
13. The Last Olympian, the fifth and final book in the Percy Jackson series, was released on May 5, 2009.
14. Rick Riordan visited both Italy and Greece, but only after he finished the Percy Jackson series.
15. Rick Riordan has always been fascinated by the god Pan, and his reported death in ancient times.
16. The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth installment in the series. It was released on May 6, 2008.
17. Percy is a son of Poseidon, but the original Perseus was the son of Zeus.
18. The Titan's Curse is the third installment in the series. It was released on May 1, 2007.
19. Percy's real name is Perseus. His mother named him this because Perseus was one of the only heroes in Greek mythology to have a happy ending
20. The Sea of Monsters is the second installment in the series, released on April 1, 2006.
21. Perseus is a Greek name coming from the original Hero, Perseus, meaning "Destroyer" or "To destroy."

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