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Stephen Roos

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Born: December 31 1941

Son of Audrey Kelley Roos [1912-1982] & William Roos [1911-1987].

Born in New York, Stephen Roos grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. He attended Loomis School and graduated from Yale University. He lives in New York City and Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Soon after he graduated from Yale, Stephen Roos landed a job in the marketing department at Harper & Row in New York. He eventually became an editor and worked on a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction—only to find that after a dozen years in the field, he wanted to be an author.

His first book, My Horrible Secret, was published by Delacorte in 1983. Today, he has two dozen books for children and young adults to his credit. He is most recently a contributor to James Howe’s highly acclaimed 2003 anthology, Thirteen .

Mr. Roos’s success is reflected in the reviews his books have received. About his book, Recycling George , Booklist said, “his characters are quirky and real, his language spare but rueful and true.” School Library Journal described his book The Gypsies Never Came as “a novel written in a lean and propulsive style that draws readers in.”

In accepting the Charlie May Simon Medallion from Hillary Rodham Clinton for My Horrible Secret, Stephen Roos said, “I like the demands that young readers make on me—the clarity, the honesty, the ‘being real’ that they continually expect of me. They make my work a challenge; they keep my life vital.”

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Books from Stephen Roos

The Boy Who Ate Fear Street

The Gypsies Never Came

Quien Ha Dormido En Mi Tumba

The Incredible Cat Caper

The Terrible Truth

Recycling George

My Horrible Secret

The Fair-Weather Friends

Confessions Of A Wayward Preppie

Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave? (Ghosts of Fear Street, #2)

Crocodile Christmas (The Pet Lovers Club)

Never Trust a Sister Over Twelve

Happy Hauntings (Creepy Collection #1: Ghosts of Fear Street, #2, #5, #7)

Fright Christmas (Ghosts of Fear Street, #15)

The Ooze

Silver Secrets

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Stephen Roos

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Books from Stephen Roos

The Boy Who Ate Fear Street

The Gypsies Never Came

Quien Ha Dormido En Mi Tumba

The Incredible Cat Caper

The Terrible Truth

Recycling George

My Horrible Secret

The Fair-Weather Friends

Confessions Of A Wayward Preppie

Who&apos;s Been Sleeping in My Grave? (Ghosts of Fear Street, #2)

Crocodile Christmas (The Pet Lovers Club)

Never Trust a Sister Over Twelve

Happy Hauntings (Creepy Collection #1: Ghosts of Fear Street, #2, #5, #7)

Fright Christmas (Ghosts of Fear Street, #15)

The Ooze

Silver Secrets

Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave? (Ghosts of Fear Street, #2)