Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (38 page)

RICK RIORDAN
is the author of the
New York Times
#1 best-selling The Heroes of Olympus, Book One:
The Lost Hero
; The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two:
The Son of Neptune
; The Heroes of Olympus, Book Three:
The Mark of Athena
; The Heroes of Olympus, Book Four:
The House of Hades
; the
New York Times
#1 best-selling The Kane Chronicles, Book One:
The Red Pyramid
; The Kane Chronicles, Book Two:
The Throne of Fire
; The Kane Chronicles, Book Three:
The Serpent’s Shadow
; the
New York Times
#1 best-selling e-short
The Son of Sobek
; as well as the five books in the
New York Times
#1 best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. His novels for adults include the hugely popular Tres Navarre series, winner of the top three awards in the mystery genre. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and two sons. For more information, go to
www.rickriordan.com
.

JOHN ROCCO
studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. In addition to writing and illustrating his own picture books, including
Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom
and the Caldecott Honor–winning and
New York Times
best-selling
Blackout
, he has created all of the cover art for Rick Riordan’s best-selling Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus series. He has also illustrated books by Whoopi Goldberg and Katherine Paterson. Before becoming a full-time children’s book creator, he worked as an art director on
Shrek
for DreamWorks, and for Disney Imagineering. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. Visit him at
www.roccoart.com
.