
Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 New York Times best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. When she's not working, Nilah is watching movies, growing herbs, roller-skating, and fighting her cat for control of her desk chair.Rick Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. She has published short fiction in the anthology All Out, in Fireside magazine, and for Marvel Comics.


Nilah is the author-illustrator of M.L.K., a middle grade graphic novel that won the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, and How to Find a Fox, a picture book. She also illustrates children's books, including the Dactyl Hill Squad series by Daniel Jose Older.

She has written and storyboarded for studios such as Disney and DreamWorks. From her early days she developed an eternal love for three things: nature, books, and animation. Follow him on Twitter at Magruder is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.

Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. Rick Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology.
