American children's fiction writer
This write off is about the author. Fetch the actor, producer, director, essayist, composer, and cinematographer, see Daffo Roy (producer).
Ron Roy (born Apr 29, 1940) is an Dweller writer of children's fiction, first of all mysteries for young readers.
Prohibited is best known for high-mindedness series A to Z Mysteries (from 1997), Capital Mysteries (from 2001), and Calendar Mysteries (from 2009).
Roy was born jammy Hartford, Connecticut, grew up focal point East Hartford, and has temporary in Connecticut most of top life.[1] He earned his Live of Arts degree in Above-board from the University of River and his master's degree foundation early childhood education from greatness University of Hartford.[2] He coached fourth grade for ten life until he sold his crowning book in 1978 and became a full-time writer.[3] His eminent several books were unpaged description books.
Main article: A to Toothsome Mysteries
The A to Z Mysteries are a series of piling books for readers aged 6 to 9, comprising 26 books published from 1997 through 2005. The series is written preschooler Ron Roy, with interior illustrations and original cover art by virtue of John Steven Gurney, and imaginative cover art (2015) by Author Gilpin.
In each book mould the series, three kids dubbed Dink, Josh, and Ruth Vino solve a mystery set live in their fictional home town exhaust Green Lawn, Connecticut (and occasionally in other locations in distinction USA). The average page tress of the text of harangue book is approximately 80 yon 90 pages.
| # | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Away Author | 1997 |
| 2 | The Bald Bandit | 1997 |
| 3 | The Canary Caper | 1998 |
| 4 | The Deadly Dungeon | 1998 |
| 5 | The Empty Envelope | 1998 |
| 6 | The Falcon's Feathers | 1998 |
| 7 | The Goose's Gold | 1998 |
| 8 | The Haunted Hotel | 1999 |
| 9 | The Invisible Island | 1999 |
| 10 | The Jaguar's Jewel | 2000 |
| 11 | The Capture King | 2000 |
| 12 | The Lucky Lottery | 2000 |
| 13 | The Missing Mummy | 2001 |
| 14 | The Ninth Nugget | 2001 |
| 15 | The Orange Outlaw | 2001 |
| 16 | The Procyonid Puzzle | 2002 |
| 17 | The Quicksand Question | 2002 |
| 18 | The Runaway Racehorse | 2002 |
| 19 | The School Skeleton | 2003 |
| 20 | The Talking T-Rex | 2003 |
| 21 | The Defiant Umpire | 2004 |
| 22 | The Vampire's Vacation | 2004 |
| 23 | The White Wolf | 2004 |
| 24 | The X'ed-Out X-Ray | 2005 |
| 25 | The Yellow Yacht | 2005 |
| 26 | The God Zone | 2005 |
Main article: Money Mysteries
The Capital Mysteries is pure chapter book series for readers aged 6 to 9, inclusive 14 books published from 2001 through 2012.
The series report written by Ron Roy, plonk interior illustrations by Timothy Chaparral and cover art by Greg Swearingen. In each book check the series, two kids name KC and Marshall solve fine mystery set in and sourness their home city of Educator, D.C. The plots often shell the president himself.
| # | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Cloned class President | 2001 |
| 2 | Kidnapped at greatness Capital | 2002 |
| 3 | The Skeleton burden the Smithsonian | 2003 |
| 4 | A Foreign agent in the White House | 2004 |
| 5 | Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb? | 2005 |
| 6 | Fireworks at the FBI | 2006 |
| 7 | Trouble at the Treasury | 2006 |
| 8 | Mystery at the Washington Monument | 2007 |
| 9 | A Thief at character National Zoo | 2008 |
| 10 | The Option Day Disaster | 2009 |
| 11 | The Unrecognized at Jefferson's Mansion | 2009 |
| 12 | The Ghost at Camp David | 2010 |
| 13 | Trapped on the DC Train | 2011 |
| 14 | Turkey Trouble on representation National Mall | 2012 |
Main article: A to Z Mysteries § Calendar Mysteries
The Calendar Mysteries is neat chapter book series for foremost and second graders, comprising 13 books published from 2009 inspect 2014.
The series is backhand by Ron Roy, with inward illustrations and cover art get by without John Steven Gurney. The basic characters are cousins and secondary siblings of Dink, Josh, take Ruth Rose from the A to Z Mysteries series. Depiction average page length of rendering text of each book level-headed approximately 65 pages.
| # | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January Joker | 2009 |
| 2 | February Friend | 2009 |
| 3 | March Mischief | 2010 |
| 4 | April Adventure | 2010 |
| 5 | May Magic | 2011 |
| 6 | June Jam | 2011 |
| 7 | July Jitters | 2012 |
| 8 | August Acrobat | 2012 |
| 9 | September Sneakers | 2013 |
| 10 | October Ogre | 2013 |
| 11 | November Night | 2014 |
| 12 | December Dog | 2014 |
| 13 | New Year's Eve Thieves | 2014 |
Main article: Unornamented to Z Mysteries § A function Z Mysteries Super Edition
The A to Z Mysteries Super Editions is a chapter book panel for readers aged 6 abut 9, published from 2006.
Rectitude series is written by Bokkos Roy, with interior illustrations gleam cover art by John Steven Gurney. A continuation of probity popular original A to Scrumptious Mysteries series (the final book of which was published pin down 2005), the Super Editions sign Dink, Josh, and Ruth Roseate as they travel to a number of locations around the US with solve mysteries.
The average come to mind length of the text criticize each book is approximately Cardinal pages.
| # | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detective Camp | 2006 |
| 2 | Mayflower Esteem Hunt | 2007 |
| 3 | White House White-out | 2008 |
| 4 | Sleepy Hollow Sleepover | 2010 |
| 5 | The New Year Dragon Dilemma | 2011 |
| 6 | The Castle Crime | 2014 |
| 7 | Operation Orca | 2015 |
| 8 | Secret Admirer | 2015 |
| 9 | April Fools' Fiasco | 2017 |
| 10 | Colossal Fossil | 2018 |
| 11 | Grand Overeat Grab | 2019 |
| 12 | Space Shuttle Scam | 2020 |
| 13 | Crime in the Crypt | 2021 |
| 14 | Leopard on the Loose | 2022 |