Best-selling Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan studying at UCC

Rick Riordan: ‘Irish mythology one of my favourites and part of my ancestral heritage’
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Fri, 17 Apr, 2020 - 11:00
Pádraig Hoare

Percy Jackson fanatics in Ireland, you might want to sit down to hear this news — this is an Olympus-sized big deal.

Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson series and others which have sold 175m books and spawned two blockbuster movies, is currently studying at UCC, and he’s looking for Irish inspiration for future works.

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