VJ Books Presents Author Ridley Pearson!
Ridley Pearson is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 novels, nearly equally divided between crime/suspense and middle grade adventure novels. His work has been published in two dozen languages, and has been adapted by network television and for the Broadway stage.
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, co-written with Dave Barry, was adapted by Rick Elice into a play which went on to Broadway to win 5 Tony Awards.
Ridley was awarded The Raymond Chandler Fulbright fellowship in detective fiction from Oxford University in 1990, was an Edgar Award nominee, was admitted to the Missouri Writer Hall of Fame in 2013. His novels have won numerous state reading awards. PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS set a Guinness World Record for most readers reading the same novel at the same time.
His research has spanned the globe and included everything from the engine room of a cruise liner, the Kenya bush, a nighttime visit to Walt Disney World's It's A Small World, to a locked-room visit with inmates at a prison for the criminally insane. The real life aftereffects of this research have at various times helped authorities solve a trio of homicides and briefly made Ridley a silent contributor to an FBI task force charged with the manhunt for the Washington D.C. sniper.
Ridley plays bass guitar in a rock band comprised of other bestselling writers. His hobbies include snowboarding, and climbing 200-foot trees. He also loves movies, sports and live theater.
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Author Focus: Ridley Pearson
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Read to your kids, lifelong memories will be created! Many thanks to Ridley and Dave for keeping the dream alive...
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Ridley Pearson Bibliography
Boldt / Matthews Series
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Undercurrents - 1988
- Angel Maker - 1993
- No Witnesses - 1994
- Beyond Recognition - 1997
- Pied Piper - 1998
- First Victim - 1999
- Middle of Nowhere - 2000
- Art of Deception - 2002
- Body of David Hayes - 2004
Lock and Key Series
- The Gadwell Incident - 2016 (short story)
- The Initiation - 2016
- The Downward Spiral - October 2017
Chris Klick Series (writing as Wendell McCall)
- Dead Aim - 1988
- Aim for the Heart - 1990
- Concerto in Dead Flat - 1999
Walt Fleming Series
- Killer Weekend - 2007
- Killer View - 2008
- Killer Summer - 2009
- In Harm's Way - 2010 (Boldt / Matthews crossover)
Risk Agent Series featuring John Knox and Grace Chu
- Risk Agent - 2012
- Choke Point - 2013
- Red Room - 2013
- White Bone - 2016
Other Novels
- Never Look Back - 1985
- Blood of the Albatross - 1986
- The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall - 1987 aka Hidden Charges
- Probable Cause - 1989
- Hard Fall - 1991
- Chain of Evidence - 1995
- Parallel Lies - 2001
- The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red - 2002 (writing as Joyce Reardon)
- Cut and Run - 2004
Collections
- The Putt at the End of the World - 2000 (with Lee K Abbott, Dave Barry, Richard Bausch, James Crumley, James W Hall, Tami Hoag, Tim O'Brien and Les Standiford)
Anthologies with stories by Ridley Pearson
- Diagnosis - Terminal: An Anthology of Medical Terror - 1996
Short Stories
- All Over But the Dying - 1996
The Return Series
- Disney Lands - 2015
- Legacy of Secrets - 2016
- Disney at Last! - March 2017
Kingdom Keepers Series
- Kingdom Keepers (aka Disney After Dark) - 2005
- Kingdom Keepers 2: Disney at Dawn - 2008
- Kingdom Keepers 3: Disney in Shadow - 2010
- Kingdom Keepers 4: Power Play - 2011
- Kingdom Keepers 5: Shell Game - 2012
- Kingdom Keepers 6: Dark Passage - 2013
- Kingdom Keepers 7: The Insider - 2014
- Unforseen - 2014 ( e-book)
- Kingdom Keepers 8: The Syndrome - 2015
Peter Pan Series (with Dave Barry)
- Peter and the Starcatchers - 2004
- Peter and the Shadow Thieves - 2006
- Peter and the Secret of Rundoon - 2007
- Peter and the Starcatchers Box Set (omnibus) - 2008
- Peter and the Sword of Mercy - 2009
- Bridge to Never Land - 2011
Never Land Series (with Dave Barry)
- Escape from the Carnivale - 2006
- Cave of the Dark Wind - 2007
- Blood Tide - 2008
Steel Trapp Series
- Challenge - 2008
- Academy - 2010
Other
- Science Fair (with Dave Barry) - 2008
Ridley Pearson Awards
- 1990 - Raymond Chandler-Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University
- 2009 - Sunshine State Young Readers Award
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