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Rick Riordan talks & pre-signs books in Albuquerque at the University of NM!

Popular YA author Rick Riordan will be making a stop in Albuquerque 7:00 pm Friday, September 27, in the University of NM’s Student Union Ballroom as part of his The Tyrant’s Tomb book tour – hosted by Bookworks.

Rick Riordan visits Albuquerque on tour for his new Trials of Apollo book, The Tyrant’s Tomb. Joining him will be two New Mexico authors who are published in Riordan’s new “Rick Riordan Presents” series, J. C. Cervantes, author of The Stormrunner, and Rebecca Roanhorse, author of the forthcoming Race to the Sun.

Tickets are required!  Each ticket is $25 and includes one signed hardcover, one seat, and a chance to see Rick Riordan’s amazing show, which will include an audio visual presentation, a conversation with Roanhorse and Cervantes, and free swag!

Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 New York Times best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. There are currently more than 97+ million Rick Riordan books in print in the US, and his books have been published in 37 countries. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, “Rick Riordan Presents,” dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. He lives in Boston, MA, with his wife and two sons.

Event date:  Friday, September 27, 2019 – 7:00 pm
Event address:  University of New Mexico, Student Union Ballroom (north of Popejoy Hall, near Cornell Street), Albuquerque, NM 87107

TICKETS on sale now!  Each ticket is $25 and includes a signed hardcover of THE TYRANT’S TOMB. Please purchase a ticket at the link, and if you’d like to order extra books, you may do so.

ALL BOOKS WILL BE PRE-SIGNED.  RIORDAN WILL NOT BE DOING A PUBLIC SIGNING!

For more information, go to:  www.bkwrks.com/rick-riordan