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Rick Riordan

1964 - Today

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Richard Russell Riordan Jr. ( RY-ər-dən; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States. 20th Century Fox adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films in which Riordan was not involved. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Riordan is the 1,748th most popular writer (up from 1,833rd in 2019), the 2,554th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,301st in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Rick Riordan ranks 1,748 out of 7,302. Before him are J.-H. Rosny aîné, Josep Pla, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Fernando Arrabal, Moschus, and Stanisław Wyspiański. After him are Ivan Klíma, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Sri Chinmoy, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.

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Among people born in 1964, Rick Riordan ranks 73. Before him are Yolanda Hadid, David Ellefson, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Marisa Tomei, Željko Komšić, and Laura Linney. After him are Rosie Perez, Arvydas Sabonis, Wendy Williams, Robert Trujillo, John Leguizamo, and Paul Landers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Riordan ranks 2,554 out of 20,380. Before him are George Wallace (1919), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Robert E. Park (1864), Tina Aumont (1946), Ornette Coleman (1930), and Edward Witten (1951). After him are Marvin Harris (1927), Mimi Rogers (1956), Edie Sedgwick (1943), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Lorraine Bracco (1954), and Casey Affleck (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rick Riordan ranks 205. Before him are James Brendan Connolly (1868), John Gray (1951), Anne Sexton (1928), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Johnston McCulley (1883), and Jack Vance (1916). After him are Bob Woodward (1943), Nora Ephron (1941), R. L. Stine (1943), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), and Jeffery Deaver (1950).

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