Overview
Bestselling author Chris Grabenstein and the Mystery Writers of America bring together twenty peerless puzzles—from bestselling authors such as Peter Lerangis, Stuart Gibbs, Lauren Magaziner, Kate Milford, and, of course, Grabenstein himself—in an anthology of mystery short stories that invite readers to try to unravel the riddles themselves.
From tales of hapless superheroes and stolen squirrel monkeys to murderous triplets and haunted basements, these thrilling, puzzling, and hilarious cases have one thing in common—YOU get a chance to be the detective before the author reveals the solution.
With twenty never-before-published mystery stories, this collection will leave young detectives sleuthing for more!
Details
Language:
English
Format:
Hardcover
Publication:
2020-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
Pages:
384
Publisher:
HarperCollins
About the Author
Stuart Gibbs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Charlie Thorne series, FunJungle series, Moon Base Alpha series, Once Upon a Tim series, and Spy School series. He has written screenplays, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, developed TV shows, been a newspaper columnist, and researched capybaras (the world’s largest rodents). Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he’s up to at StuartGibbs.com.
LAMAR GILES is a two-time Edgar Award finalist in the YA category, for his debut YA thriller Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014) and his second YA thriller, Endangered (Harper Collins, 20154). His third YA thriller, Overturned (Scholastic, 2017) was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2017. He is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books.
Lamar is a contributor to the YA anthology Three Sides of a Heart (Harper Collins, 2017), the editor of the We Need Diverse Books YA short story anthology Fresh Ink (Random House 2018), a contributor to the forthcoming YA anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (Harper Collins/Balzer & Bray 2019), and a contributor to the forthcoming We Need Diverse Books middle grade anthology.
PARIS ALLEYNE is a Toronto based artist. In 2020, he won a prestigious comic book industry Eisner Award as Best Colorist on a Comic Book Series for Afterlift published by Dark Horse. STATIC: UP ALL NIGHT is his first project as an illustrator for DC Comics.
Lamar is a contributor to the YA anthology Three Sides of a Heart (Harper Collins, 2017), the editor of the We Need Diverse Books YA short story anthology Fresh Ink (Random House 2018), a contributor to the forthcoming YA anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America (Harper Collins/Balzer & Bray 2019), and a contributor to the forthcoming We Need Diverse Books middle grade anthology.
PARIS ALLEYNE is a Toronto based artist. In 2020, he won a prestigious comic book industry Eisner Award as Best Colorist on a Comic Book Series for Afterlift published by Dark Horse. STATIC: UP ALL NIGHT is his first project as an illustrator for DC Comics.
Peter Lerangis is the author of many books for young readers, including wtf, Smiler’s Bones, the Watchers series, The Sword Thief, and the New York Times bestselling 39 Clues series. Peter lives with his wife and two sons in New York City. Visit him at PeterLerangis.com.
Chris Grabenstein is the Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed thrill reads Tilt A Whirl, Mad Mouse, Whack A Mole, Hell Hole, Mind Scrambler, and Rolling Thunder, plus the young adult chillers The Crossroads and The Hanging Hill. He lives in New York City.
When he"s not writing, Tyler Whitesides enjoys playing percussion, hiking, fly fishing, cooking, and theater. Tyler is a bestselling children"s author. He lives in the mountains of northern Utah with his wife and son.
