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Author photo. Author Chris Grabenstein at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53477955" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53477955</a>

Author Chris Grabenstein at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53477955

Chris Grabenstein

Author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

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Chris Grabenstein was born in Buffalo, New York on September 2, 1955. He studied journalism and theater at the University of Tennessee and then moved to New York City. For five years, he performed and won awards with some of the city's top Improvisational Comedy troupes. He wrote for Jim Henson's Muppets. In 1986, he and Ronny Venable wrote a TV movie for CBS called The Christmas Gift. He also worked as an advertising executive for close to twenty years. He won the Anthony Award for best first mystery for his first adult mystery Tilt-a-Whirl. His other novels for adults include Mad Mouse, Whack-a-Mole, Hell Hole, Mind Scrambler and Rolling Thunder. He received another Anthony Award and four Agatha Awards for his work. His books for younger readers include Escape from Mr. Lemonchello's Library, The Island of Dr. Libris, the Treasure Hunters series, the Haunted Mystery series, the Riley Mack series, and the I Funny series written with James Patterson. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library… (more)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2,780 copies, 119 reviews
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 790 copies, 16 reviews
House of Robots (Author) 657 copies, 7 reviews
The Island of Dr. Libris 500 copies, 24 reviews
Tilt-a-Whirl 392 copies, 38 reviews
The Crossroads: A Haunted Mystery 325 copies, 22 reviews
Word of Mouse (Author) 287 copies, 4 reviews
House of Robots: Robots Go Wild! 281 copies, 2 reviews
Jacky Ha-Ha 280 copies, 4 reviews
Daniel X: Armageddon 220 copies, 7 reviews
Mad Mouse 211 copies, 20 reviews
Whack a Mole 184 copies, 13 reviews
Hell Hole 151 copies, 15 reviews
Pottymouth and Stoopid 135 copies, 2 reviews
Rolling Thunder 127 copies, 12 reviews
Mind Scrambler 120 copies, 9 reviews
Laugh Out Loud 120 copies, 1 review
Katt vs. Dogg 118 copies, 2 reviews
Fun House 103 copies, 8 reviews
Free Fall 98 copies, 6 reviews
Daniel X: Lights Out 85 copies, 2 reviews
Best Nerds Forever 76 copies, 1 review
Slay Ride 63 copies, 5 reviews
The Black Heart Crypt 61 copies, 3 reviews
Stuck 44 copies, 3 reviews
Hell for the Holidays 44 copies, 4 reviews
Dog Squad 30 copies, 3 reviews
Scaredy Cat 26 copies, 1 review
Ring Toss 24 copies, 1 review
The Explorers' Gate 8 copies, 3 reviews
Dog Squad 2: Cat Crew 8 copies, 1 review
Curiosity Cat 2 copies, 1 review
I Funny: A Middle School Story (Author) 1,287 copies, 26 reviews
Treasure Hunters (Author) 822 copies, 13 reviews
Death's Excellent Vacation (Contributor) 789 copies, 39 reviews
Discount Noir (Contributor) 9 copies, 1 review
Carols and Crimes, Gifts and Grifters (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review
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