![]() You’ve also just launched a new app, called Demigods of Olympus. I’ve got so many projects already on my plate! Would you be at all interested in doing something similar to Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods for Egyptian mythology, narrated by Sadie or Carter Kane? It’s a book about the Olympians, not the demigods, but I think you’ll gain new insight into Annabeth, for instance, by reading about her mom Athena. Only indirectly, because you get to know their parents the gods. I wanted to change that and make the book very comprehensive.ĭoes Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods offer up any information about Percy and his friends that we don’t already know? So many great myths don’t make it into the children’s anthologies. I wanted to include a lot of the lesser-known myths about the gods. Then I had to figure out how to make all those old stories fit together in a way that kids would find interesting, exciting, and funny. I completely ignored all the previous retellings like D’Aulaires and Edith Hamilton and went back to the original Classical sources. My challenge with Greek Gods was to present the original myths as fully and colorfully as possible for modern kids. What was the biggest challenge about writing a book like Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, versus writing the actual Percy Jackson series? ![]() I mean, he totally should have offered the Athenians trained whales instead of horses when he competed to be their patron god. ![]() Percy definitely gives Poseidon’s story a positive spin, though there are some things Poseidon did that are pretty hard to explain, and Percy owns up to that. Percy comes right out and admits he is biased about his dad being the best Greek god. Seeing as Percy has a close connection to Poseidon, what can you tell us about Percy’s interpretation of his father’s past? ![]()
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