George O’Connor on Olympians #12: Dionysos: The New God: Middle Grade Fiction

George O’Connor is the New York Times bestselling author of the Olympians graphic novel series featuring the Greek gods’ tragic, dramatic, and epic lives. He is also the creator of popular picture books such as The New York Times bestselling Kapow! and If I Had A Triceratops. The Olympians saga draws to a close with Olympians #12: Dionysos: A New God (First Second), which explores the tale of Dionysos, the last Olympian and maybe, the first of a new type of God. His story is told by the first Olympian herself, Hestia, goddess of the hearth and home. From her seat in the center of Mt. Olympus, Hestia relays the rise of Dionysos, from his birth to a mortal mother and his discovery of wine, to his battles with madness and his conquering of death itself, culminating, finally, in his ascent to Olympus and godhood.