ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rick Riordan is an American author whose first catapult to success was brought about by the first book in his Percy Jackson and the Olympians series i.e. The Lightning Thief. Initially a schoolteacher, Riordan first developed the idea of a book about the adventures of young-adult demigods after he conceived of bedtime Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Madeline Miller is an award-winning novelist. Her debut novel, The Song of Achilles, is a retelling of the Trojan War through the lens of the love shared between mythological heroes Achilles and Patroclus that she wrote while teaching Greek and Latin to high school students.  It has won the Orange Prize for Read more…