Awards & Winners

Rick Riordan

Date of Birth 05-June-1964
Place of Birth San Antonio
(Bexar County, United States of America, Comal County, Texas, Area code 210)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Richard Russell Riordan Jr.
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author, Teacher
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote the adult mystery series Tres Navarre and helped edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the ten books of The 39 Clues series and wrote the first book in the series, The Maze of Bones. In 2012, he completed a trilogy focusing on Egyptian mythology, The Kane Chronicles, and has published four out of five planned books of The Heroes of Olympus series, the sequel to the Percy Jackson series that focuses on Roman and Greek mythology. He is also planning to write a series based on Norse mythology.

Awards by Rick Riordan

Check all the awards nominated and won by Rick Riordan.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature The Red Pyramid

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature The Last Olympian

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Anthony Award for Best Novel The Devil Went Down to Austin
Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel The Devil Went Down to Austin

1999


Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original
Honored for : The Widower's Two-Step

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback The Widower's Two-Step
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original The Widower's Two-Step

1998


Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original
Honored for : Big Red Tequila
Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel
Honored for : Big Red Tequila

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel Big Red Tequila
Barry Award for Best Paperback Original Big Red Tequila