Ron Roy (Author), John Steven Gurney (Illustrator)

Ron Roy, born Wallace Ronald Roy on April 29, 1940, in Hartford, Connecticut, is an American author of children's mystery fiction, best known for series like A to Z Mysteries (1997), Capital Mysteries (2001), and Calendar Mysteries (2009). After earning a BA in English from the University of Connecticut and a master's in early childhood education from the University of Hartford, he taught fourth grade for ten years before becoming a full-time writer in 1978 following the sale of his first book.[1][5][7]

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