What to Expect (and not expect) on the House of Hades tour 15 Aug 2013 | 04:52 pm

House of Hades Tour Dates 9 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm

Always exciting when I get to announce tour dates! As always, apologies if I'm not coming to a city near you, but we can only do eight cities each tour, and we try to spread them around so we don't go...

An Update for August 3 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am

A busy summer for the Riordans! We are still settling into our new house in Boston, waiting for the last load of our stuff to arrive from Texas. On top of that, I’ve been writing furiously. So what ha...

Fourth of July at Athena House 5 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm

Happy Birthday, USA! Below are some of the photos Becky took last night from the roof of our new house. The display over the Charles River was incredible, as you can tell.

Rick's Reads for June 20 Jun 2013 | 03:33 am

As usual, my recent reads have been an eclectic assortment, but all wonderful stuff! First up: adult fantasy Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie. I loved Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy, set in a...

Update from Athena House 12 Jun 2013 | 04:49 pm

The latest news from the Riordans? We’ve moved from San Antonio to Boston! Why? Long story, but mostly because both our boys found schools here that they love (college and high school, respectively) a...

The House of Hades 1 Jun 2013 | 01:43 am

And here it is: the cover for The House of Hades!

The god of going off to college 24 May 2013 | 05:23 pm

For Haley's graduation, my mom made a wall sculpture (not pictured) for him to hang in his new digs at college. It's a ceramic face with antlers attached and is an interpretation of the ancient carvin...

Graduation, The Next Generation 19 May 2013 | 10:44 pm

A little Riordan family fun for you: Yesterday, our older son Haley graduated from high school, which was quite a milestone. As you may know, Haley was the reason I wrote the Percy Jackson books, sinc...

Book Expo America 14 May 2013 | 03:01 am

This will be the first time in a few years I've been able to attend BEA, Book Expo America, the main convention for the publishing industry at the Javits Center in Manhattan. Last year I was invited, ...