Join us in closing out the 20th Festival of Books & Authors with Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro!

Join Bookmarks in closing out the 20th annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors with a keynote conversation from New York Times bestselling authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro!

This newest installment in the Nico Di Angelo Adventures features beloved characters taking on fresh challenges, making this perfect for longtime Percy Jackson fans and new readers alike. It’s 20 years of the Percy Jackson series and 20 years of Bookmarks! Come celebrate with us!

Learn more about the entire 20th Annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors at bookmarksnc.org/festival

Thank you to the Wake Forest Center for Literacy Education for their support of this event.

Ticket options:
- Ticket for One ($27 + taxes & fees): Admission for one person + one hardcover copy of The Court of the Dead
- Ticket for Two ($45 + taxes & fees): Admission for two people + one hardcover copy of The Court of the Dead

The Court of the Dead and backlist titles for sale at the event will be pre-signed. Please note there is no public signing, photo opportunity, or chance to meet the authors at this event.

There are a limited number of complimentary tickets available for this event . If you would like to receive a complimentary ticket, click here to fill out the request form. There are a limited number of complimentary tickets. Responses will be reviewed by Bookmarks staff, and you will be notified if you have been selected.

Venue information :
- Directions : Click here for directions to Reynolds Auditorium from I-40 .
- Parking : Click here for a parking map . Parking is limited, so attendees are strongly encouraged to carpool with each other when possible. Handicap parking is limited. If you need handicap parking, please plan to arrive early to ensure a parking spot.
- Seating : There is no assigned seating at this event, though there will be a number of reserved seats for the event sponsors. The first 3-4 rows of seating have limited visibility and will be marked accordingly.
- Accessibility : The following ADA standards are in place: accessible restrooms, wheelchair accessible theatre seating, handicap car and van accessible parking spaces, curb cuts for wheelchair access from the parking lot, hearing assistance equipment for the hearing impaired, and Braille signs for the visually impaired. Service animals are permitted for the visually impaired (must remain on leash or in harness at all times).
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About the Book
New York Times #1 best-selling authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro collaborate again on a new adventure in which Nico di Angelo teams up with his half-sister Hazel Levesque to protect . . . monsters? A few months after returning from the depths of Tartarus, demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace agree to join Nico's half-sister Hazel Levesque at Camp Jupiter on the West Coast. She needs their help in managing a situation that the boys inadvertently brought about: the demigods showed the monsters of the Underworld that they have options; they don’t have to be evil. Now some of those monsters have taken up residence at Camp Jupiter to seek refuge. Nico and Will are on site assisting Hazel when one by one monsters start disappearing from camp. A mysterious dark force is at work, and its plan is to punish all monsters for their past crimes. Things only get worse when Nico, Will, and Hazel learn that they’re all connected to it . . . In this brilliantly inventive and laugh-filled adventure, the best-selling team of Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro manipulate the Mist to make readers see things in a whole new light.

About the Authors
Rick 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 . 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, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
Mark Oshiro (they\/them) is the author of the young adult books Anger Is a Gift , winner of the 2019 Schneider Family Book Award, and Each of Us A Desert , an NPR Best Book of 2020. Their middle grade books include The Insiders , a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and You Only Live Once, David Bravo . Mark also contributed a short story to the Star Wars anthology Empire Strikes Back : From a Certain Point of View . When not writing, they are trying to achieve their life goal of petting every dog in the world. Mark is based in Atlanta, Georgia.