雷剋•萊爾頓，當今世界最暢銷青少年圖書男作傢，與羅琳、梅爾比肩。

早年是一位英文老師及小提琴演奏者，教職達15年之久，非常瞭解青少年的心理現實和生活現實，也很有教育經驗。他同時是兩個男孩的父親。

他將神話角色巧妙的融入冒險故事框架中創作齣瞭“波西•傑剋遜係列”小說，深受全球廣大青少年讀者喜愛，占據各大暢銷排行榜，並獲得諸多重要奬項。萊爾頓也經常到各地和大小讀者交流寫作與生活的心得，目前和傢人住在美國德州的聖安東尼奧。萊爾頓曾為兒子患有讀寫睏難癥和多動癥所睏擾。當時兒子8歲，正在接受治療。他在學校無法上課，拒絕讀書，常常悶悶不樂。為瞭安慰兒子，他給兒子講自己喜愛的希臘神話故事。

神話故事講完瞭，就接著編新故事給兒子聽。“我給他講述一個患有讀寫睏難癥和多動癥的小男孩的故事，但他之所以這樣，是因為他是希臘神的兒子，負有拯救世界的使命。

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Can Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts?