<P> The Lightning Thief is an American fantasy - adventure novel based on Greek mythology , the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series . The manuscript was sold in an auction to Miramax Books , an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children and thus Disney Publishing ( succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint ) . </P>
<P> The Lightning Thief is an American fantasy - adventure novel based on Greek mythology , the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series . The manuscript was sold in an auction to Miramax Books , an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children and thus Disney Publishing ( succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint ) . </P>
who wrote percy jackson and the lightning thief
who wrote percy jackson and the lightning thief
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan