Did you all see this yet? When I told you I thought PJOTV season two would be even better, this is what I meant. And yes, the wedding dress is coming. Just wait. See you December 10 on Disney+! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4I...

Ciao, Milano! La nostra prima volta in città!

Grazie a Lucca e tutti i fan!

Some dogs from the Medici Palace museum, because dogs.

A short stop in Florence on our way to Lucca Comics. Grazie ancora per tutto, Firenze!

UK fans! For the first time in over 15 years, I will be live, in person and in conversation about my books in London to celebrate 20 years of The Lightning Thief! Link to the event: waterstones.com/event…

In Museo Novecento, an old edition of "Pro Familia." Fascists: the party of "family values" since at least the 1930s.

Speedy says, "What do you mean Dad is going to Italy next week? I don't want to hear it!" Will miss this sweet girl, but looking forward to Lucca Comics, too!

Italian never ceases to surprise me. I learned a new way to say: "Good luck." / "Thanks." "In culo alla ballena." / "Speriamo che non caghi." Literally: "Into the butt of the whale." / "Let's hope it doesn't poop." I have no idea where that saying came from, but it certainly does the job.

Two weeks at #1 now on the middle-grade bestseller list for THE COURT OF THE DEAD. Thank you, readers, for embracing this story! Also a great opportunity to check out my co-author Mark Oshiro's other fantastic novels, like JASMINE IS HAUNTED, if you haven't yet!

Had a nice talk with Good Morning America's "Book Case" and Katherine Rundell (of the amazing Impossible Creatures series) about getting kids to read. www.goodmorningamerica.com/video/126397...

Time to pick your crew to sail into the Sea of Monsters, coming Dec. 10 to Disney+!

Hanging out on set with Zoë Nightshade (Saara Chaudry)! Notice her copy of The Titan's Curse, heavily annotated with post-it notes where she has marked "Zoë-isms," the sign of a true professional!

Happy birthday to Virginia Kull, our very own Sally Jackson! May your day be filled with happiness and home-baked blue goodies!

Back on set for season three! Just stood in line for sandwiches behind a spartoi and a Hunter of Artemis. Just another day at the office. 🙂 #percyjackson

Friends and fans in Madison, WI, I'll be there in less than a week! www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/world...

And that's a wrap on the Court of the Dead tour. Thank you, Bay Area and Kepler's Books! Thanks, readers, for making Court of the Dead an instant USA top ten bestseller, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and the #1 bestselling middle-grade book in the UK!

Denver, you were amazing! Tomorrow the Court of the Dead tour wraps up with Kepler's Books in SF Bay Area!

Another incredible COURT OF THE DEAD event in Austin. Thank you, Texas! Tomorrow, heading your way, Denver!

An impressive sold-out event in Winston-Salem with 1800 demigods! Thanks for having us, BookMarks Festival! Tomorrow, another sold-out event in Austin. Still some tix available for the last two stops in Denver and the SF Bay Area if you'd like to join us! rickriordan.com/2025/06/the-...

Another great event in Atlanta for the (Basketball) Court of the Dead!

Brave + Kind Books in Atlanta going the extra mile. A few lucky winners will get these tonight, I understand. Everyone gets a Mythic hat and a signed book!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our sold-out Court of the Dead event in Manassas! Such an incredible crowd! Tomorrow, on to Atlanta!

We love that our sold-out event tonight in Manassas is helping fund the Osbourne High School guitar program! We had fun with the guitars!

A very happy birthday to Leah Sava' Jeffries, our own Annabeth Chase!

Not familiar with this band but apparently they are performing at the Bergen NJ Arts Center tonight.

A look behind the scenes from last night's Court of the Dead event. I am feeling judged for some reason.

Great first event for The Court of the Dead with 900 friends in Boston! Tomorrow, Bergen, NJ! Full schedule here: rickriordan.com/2025/06/the-...

Wait, that's tomorrow! Excited to celebrate this book!

For those who would like a little further incentive, we will be handing out these "mythic" hats at our event with Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro at Back Bay Events Center. 🧢 Get tickets and info here: buff.ly/Phv2lzy

Started my morning giving some notes on one of our scripts. I got to read some dam jokes. They were dam good. IYKYK

So great that Kyle Lukoff's A WORLD WORTH SAVING has made the National Book Award long list for literature for young people. Such an amazing book! @kylelukoff.bsky.social

On this Monday, the day that honors the moon, it seems appropriate to do a shout out to our own goddess of the moon, Artemis (Dafne Keen) and her loyal lieutenant Zoë Nightshade, Saara Chaudry, who are now filming season 3 of Percy Jackson and doing incredible work!

September 13, the Ides of September, was also the Feast of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, when Roman officials had a ceremonial meal with statues of Jupiter, Minerva and Juno dressed in fancy robes and seated on couches. So take your favorite statue out to lunch today!

Someone sent me an Amazon package which is roughly big enough for a football, with "Touchdoowwn!" printed on the side. Far be it from me to tell Amazon how to market, but it might explain why the delivery person apparently spiked the box when he reached our front door.

Our event in Manassas, VA is now sold out! Tickets still available for the other stops so far. Join us if you can for laughs, conversation, and all the latest Percy-verse news! Details here: rickriordan.com/2025/06/the-...

Two weeks until THE COURT OF THE DEAD! Nico and Will visit Camp Jupiter for an adventure that will turn your perception of monsters and heroes upside-down! Join Mark Oshiro and me on tour, details here: rickriordan.com/2025/06/the-...

I've always been fascinated by submarines (which is why I wrote Daughter of the Deep). On this date, Sept. 7, 1776, the world's first submarine attack occurred, when Ezra Bushnell piloted his sub Turtle up to a British warship and attempted to attach a time bomb. www.history.com/this-day-in-...

Hard to get a good picture of it, but beautiful moon last night in Boston.

Happy Kalends of September! The Kalends were the first day of each month in Ancient Rome, and were sacred to Juno, Queen of Heaven. "Kalends" is of course where we get "calendar." Juno is of course where we get the plot for Heroes of Olympus.

Today's deep-cut deity, in honor of Labor Day weekend: Ponos, the daimon of backbreaking toil and hard labor -- the kind you get when you have no rights as a worker. Unsurprisingly, Hesiod claims his mother was Eris, goddess of discord. Hope everyone gets to relax this Labor Day, even poor Ponos!

Last week, we got a tour of the sets for PJO s3. Once again I'm blown away by the talent of our design crew. Them: "Does it look like you imagined?" Me: "It looks better. I couldn't have visualized this level of detail!" If you can come to the Court of the Dead tour, I'll tell you some stories!

Shout out to diversebooks.org for this great list of diverse books about magic schools, just in time for back-to-school reading! I am familiar with many of these great titles, and will be sure to check out the rest!

It must be Back to School time, because I am having my annual "I Haven't Done my Lesson Plans Yet" anxiety dreams. Once a teacher, always a teacher, I guess.

Love this crew! From yesterday, a tiny, spoiler-free behind-the-scenes moment of Walker and me checking out the season 3 replays on the monitor. Is that... a monster? Why, yes, I believe it is. #percyjackson Season two drops on Disney+ December 10, and you will LOVE it.

Just watched a video of a Boston tour guide, and the auto-generated subtitles rendered "Boston Massacre" as "Boston NASCAR." Suddenly, I understand American history in a new way.

OMG Nico di Angelo in his Westover Hall uniform, looking forlorn at the dance. MY HEART.

I enjoyed doing this interview with Entertainment Weekly! ew.com/rick-riordan...

I retired from teaching twenty years ago. Thought I was done chaperoning school dances. This week, we'll be on set filming a dance scene in an actual school gymnasium, so I guess I'm back on duty! (Titan's Curse readers, you know what I'm talking about.)

For Percy Jackson's birthday, and the 20th anniversary of the Lightning Thief's publication, we had an event with D23 in New York City! You can watch the whole thing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfQ...