Rick Riordan

Fast Facts:

• Rick Riordan is a native of San Antonio, Texas, where he continues to live with his family.
  
  
• A UT-Austin graduate, Rick is certified to teach both English and History and has taught for 14 years --- both in public and private institutions and at the middle-school and high school levels.
  
  
• Rick Riordan's fiction has earned him a number of awards and honors, including the Anthony Award for Best Original Paperback Novel (BIG RED TEQUILA), the Shamus Award for Best First Private Eye Novel (BIG RED TEQUILA), the Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback Novel (THE WIDOWER'S TWO-STEP).
  
  
• Rick's fourth novel, THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN, was nominated for the Shamus and Anthony awards for Best Mystery Novel.
  
  
• The American Library Association chose stand-alone novel COLD SPRINGS as one of the top ten suspense novels of 2003.
  
  
• In addition to his novels, Rick has written short fiction for Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
  
  

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