Ridley Pearson
Author of Peter and the Starcatchers
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
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red (2001) — Author; Editor (fictional); Author (fictional) — 1,578 copies
Escape from the Carnivale: A Never Land Book (A Peter and the Starcatchers Never Land Book) (2006) 378 copies
Peter and the Starcatchers Series (Set of 5) Starcatchers, Shadow Thieves, Secret of Rundoon, Sword of Mercy, Bridge to… (2010) — Author — 3 copies
Det Bästas Bokval (1993) vol 174 : Impact; På lysande vingar; Snö över Bahamas; Spaningshunden Sam — Contributor — 2 copies
DC Graphic Novels for Kids Sneak Peeks: Super Sons: The Polarshield Project (2020-) #1 (2020) 2 copies
Star Wars Death Star 1 copy
See Ridley Pearson 1 copy
Libros selectos 1 copy
Ridley Pearson Kingdom Keepers Series: Books 1-2: Disney after Dark & Disney at Dawn (The Kingdom Keepers Series) (2017) 1 copy
Drama City 1 copy
Ridley Pearson Collection: Beyond Recognition, The Pied Piper, The First Victim (Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews Series) (2002) 1 copy
Ridley Pearson Collection 2: Middle of Nowhere, The Art of Deception, Parallel Lies (Pearson, Ridley) (2005) 1 copy
Thriller 2.4: Boldt's Broken Angel, Through a Veil Darkly, Bedtime for Mr. Li, Protecting the Innocent, Watch Out for… (2013) 1 copy
Unforseen 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
7 Books: Kingdom Keepers Collection - Disney After Dark, Disney at Dawn, Disney in Shadow, Power Play, Shell Game, Dark… (2012) 1 copy
No title 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Associated Works
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contributor — 206 copies
Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder (2006) — Contributor & Afterword — 125 copies
Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude (1994) — Contributor — 66 copies
Peter and the Starcatcher: The Annotated Script of the Broadway Play (2012) — Introduction — 36 copies
Murder Is My Racquet: Fourteen Original Tales of Love, Death, and Tennis by Today's Great Writers (2005) — Contributor — 26 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Reardon, Joyce
Rimbauer, Ellen (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1953-03-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Riverside, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- Riverside, Connecticut, USA (birth)
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
Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson
Walt Fleming is charged with being a member of security team for Liz Shaler who is soon to announce her bid for the presidency. Meanwhile, a man is out to get Liz.
More like a 3.5 for me. Not nearly as good as some of his mysteries but still a fun read. It is mostly a long chase book. There is a little intrigue but if you don't buy into the two main characters immediately than this book is not for you. I enjoyed it enough to read the next one.
I decided I needed to read this since we are seeing the show in San Francisco next month. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed every minute of it and when the book ended found myself wanting to read the next one.
The year is 1901--it's been twenty-three years since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon. Since then, nobody on the island has grown a day older, and the Lost Boys continue their friendship with the Mollusk tribe, and their rivalry with Captain Hook.
Meanwhile in London, Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael, and John. One night a visitor appears at her door; it's James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys. He is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures. These shadow creatures are determined to find a secret cache of starstuff which fell to London many centuries ago. The starstuff is hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy, a legendary weapon kept with the Crown Jewels. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it is up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep the starstuff out of the Others' clutches. She has heard her mother's stories of a flying boy named Peter Pan, and he may be her only hope in saving the world from a shadowy doom...… (more)
Meanwhile in London, Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael, and John. One night a visitor appears at her door; it's James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys. He is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures. These shadow creatures are determined to find a secret cache of starstuff which fell to London many centuries ago. The starstuff is hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy, a legendary weapon kept with the Crown Jewels. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it is up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep the starstuff out of the Others' clutches. She has heard her mother's stories of a flying boy named Peter Pan, and he may be her only hope in saving the world from a shadowy doom...… (more)
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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