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Stephen Roos

3.6/5 ( ratings)
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.”

Stephen Roos

3.6/5 ( ratings)
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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