Ridley Pearson is the New York Times–bestselling author of over fifty books ranging from suspense thriller novels to young adult and middle grade adventure novels. His novel Peter and the Starcatchers was adapted as a Broadway play and earned the most Tony nominations of any play in history. His novel The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red was also adapted as a film in 2003. Pearson is the recipient of the Raymond Chandler-Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University and the Quill Award from the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame. He also plays bass guitar in an all-author rock band comprised of other bestselling writers, including Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow, Greg Iles, and occasionally, Stephen King. He is currently a professor in the creative writing department at Boise State University and lives with his wife in the Northern Rockies.
