Rick Riordan's Life
Rick Riordan, known for his writings of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, was born in 1964 and graduate high school in 1982.
After high school, he went to college to get an education for Teaching and History, then taught high school history, teaching students about greek mythology at various schools.
He was a writer at an early age, but he didn't take writing seriously until later in he life. He had a son, named Haley, who was born with ADHD and dyslexia (which are typical characteristics among demigods in Riordan's stories), wanted Rick to tell him stories inspired by Greek mythology. This is how the Riordan's most famous series, Percy Jackson, was created. He creatively developed the first book verbally for his son, Haley. After being told the story, Haley wanted Riordan to make the story a book, and Riordan fulfilled the request. Haley enjoyed the first book, and he asked his father to write more. Thus, the series was born.
The locations that Riordan picks as the settings for the series are based on events in past Greek mythology and his description of where Olympus is located. Olympus moves from location to location based on spiritual influence, and Riordan picked the United States, New York, New York, in the Empire State building at the 600th floor to be the location of mount Olympus.
The characters move from city to city in the story based on either Greek mythological locations, locations close to Riordans mount Olympus, and places that Riordan has taken interest in either in the past or present.