Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan: ‘Just facing a school day can feel like a heroic quest’
Writer isn’t a fan of the 2010s films made of his bestselling fantasy books - so he has become involved in every step of Disney’s new TV version
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‘Percy Jackson’ author Rick Riordan to graduate from UCC
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Word-of-mouth sensation has made the novelist $10m in the last year, outselling George RR Martin, but still earning a fraction of James Patterson’s $95m
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