Ridley Pearson

Ridley Pearson

Author, Peter and the Starcatcher (original novel)

Ridley Pearson is a New York Times bestselling author and co-author, with Dave Barry, of Peter and the Starcatcher, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Peter and the Sword of Mercy, The Bridge to Never Land and others.

Children’s Books: The Kingdom Keepers series (for Disney); Steel Trapp: The Academy and The Challenge; The Return series.

Graphic novels: The Super Sons (for DC Entertainment).

Adult Suspense Novels: Never Look Back, The Risk Agent, Choke Point, Killer Weekend, In Harm’s Way, Undercurrents, The Angel Maker, Concerto in Dead Flat (as Wendell McCall), many others.

TV: Pearson adapted The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, based on his novel, for television as a prequel to the Stephen King miniseries, Rose Red.

Awards: First American to receive the Raymond Chandler-Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University; Quill Award from the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame.

Other: Composed the score for the documentary Cattle Drive and performed in the now-defunct Rock Bottom Remainders, a band of published authors including Barry and King.

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