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Ridley Pearson

Author of Peter and the Starcatchers

94+ Works 27,463 Members 684 Reviews 26 Favorited

About the Author

Ridley Pearson was born in Glen Cove, New York on March 13, 1953. He was educated at Kansas University and Brown University. In the early 1970s, he was a musician and songwriter for a rock band, eventually writing more than 300 songs and the score for an award-winning documentary. Having honed his show more craft writing scripts for television shows such as Columbo and Quincy, he turned to writing and published his first novel, Never Look Back, in 1985. His novels include The Angel Maker, No Witnesses, and Beyond Recognition. He has also published many children's books including The Kingdom Keepers series and a series of prequels to Peter Pan written with Dave Barry. His book Peter and the Starcatchers, written with Dave Barry, was adapted into a Broadway play that won 5 Tony Awards. He received the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship at Oxford University in 1990 and the Missouri Writer Hall of Fame Quill Award Winner in 2013. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: From his website.

Series

Works by Ridley Pearson

Peter and the Starcatchers (2004) 6,016 copies
Peter and the Shadow Thieves (2006) 2,688 copies
Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (2005) — Author — 2,444 copies
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red (2001) — Author; Editor (fictional); Author (fictional) — 1,608 copies
Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn (2008) — Author — 1,023 copies
Peter and the Sword of Mercy (2004) 929 copies
Disney in Shadow (2010) — Author — 740 copies
Power Play (2011) 555 copies
Killer Weekend (2003) 548 copies
The Art of Deception (2002) 527 copies
Middle of Nowhere (2000) 509 copies
The Pied Piper (1999) 506 copies
Beyond Recognition (1997) 498 copies
Shell Game (2012) 472 copies
The First Victim (1999) 468 copies
Killer View (2008) 457 copies
Parallel Lies (2001) 437 copies
No Witnesses (1994) 415 copies
The Angel Maker (1993) 411 copies
The Body of David Hayes (1900) 405 copies
The Bridge to Never Land (2011) 403 copies
Science Fair (2008) 401 copies
Undercurrents (1988) 399 copies
Chain of Evidence (1995) 377 copies
Cut and Run (2005) 375 copies
Dark Passage (2013) 372 copies
In Harm's Way (2010) 371 copies
Killer Summer (2009) 350 copies
The Insider (2014) — Author — 294 copies
The Risk Agent (2012) 293 copies
Probable Cause (1990) 278 copies
Cave of the Dark Wind (2007) 275 copies
Hard Fall (1991) 274 copies
Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book One Disney Lands (2015) — Author — 267 copies
Steel Trapp: The Challenge (2008) 261 copies
Choke Point (2013) 207 copies
Lock and Key: The Initiation (2016) — Author — 154 copies
Hidden Charges (1987) 147 copies
The Syndrome (2015) 128 copies
Blood of the Albatross (1986) 100 copies
Blood Tide (2008) 98 copies
Steel Trapp: The Academy (2010) 90 copies
Walt Disney's Peter Pan (2009) — Author — 74 copies
Never Look Back (1985) 69 copies
Dead Aim (1988) 35 copies
Aim for the Heart (1990) 24 copies
Concerto in Dead Flat (1999) 20 copies
Disney Cautionary Tales (2022) 11 copies
Boldt's Broken Angel (2018) 4 copies
Peter and the Starcatchers Set Books 1-4 (2010) — Author — 1 copy
Unforseen 1 copy
Drama City 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
Assalto à Disney (2009) 1 copy
No title 1 copy
No title 1 copy

Associated Works

Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down (2009) — Contributor — 232 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 184 copies
Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder (2006) — Contributor & Afterword — 127 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Pearson, Ridley
Other names
Reardon, Joyce
Rimbauer, Ellen (pseudonym)
Birthdate
1953-03-13
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Glen Cove, New York, USA
Places of residence
Riverside, Connecticut, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Occupations
author
Organizations
Rock Bottom Remainders (band)
Short biography
Married to Marcelle Pearson, with two daughters, Paige and Storey.

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Reviews

Good read from start. Flu overtakes the dept. Cops are being injured; violent thief on the loose.
 
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Statistics

Works
94
Also by
16
Members
27,463
Popularity
#746
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
684
ISBNs
992
Languages
20
Favorited
26

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