I’ve never eaten trilobite, traveled back in time, or been invisible, but like Max’s father I’ve taught college (with lots of grading), and like Janira’s grandfather, my grandfather was a police detective. I went to college long enough to earn a PhD in American Studies, studying books for children. I wrote a reference book about fantasy for children and a book about Beverly Cleary.
Now I write fiction for children and study American magazines, newspapers, and books published for children before 1873. I “publish” my research at merrycoz.org.
A very few of my favorite books:
What I’m working on: Some works of historical fiction set in the U. S.
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