George Edward Stanley

the Third Grade Detective Series

George Edward Stanley is the author of many best-selling scary books for young people, including Rats in the Attic (a New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age) and Happy Deathday to You. He also helped develop Avon's Spinetinglers, a horror series for middle-graders, under the pseudonym M.T. Coffin, and wrote many of the titles.

Stanley is also the author of Scaredy Cats, a series of first chapter books for first, second, and third graders. Stanley’s new series for Random House is about a third grader who is a secret agent. Simon & Schuster began publishing a new chapter book series called Third Grade Detectives. The current seven titles are: The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope, The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief, The Hairy Tomato Mystery, The Cobweb Confession, The Riddle of the Stolen Sand, The Secret of the Green Skin, and The Case of the Dirty Clue. The Secret of the Wooden Witness and the Case of the Sweaty Bank Robber will be published in 2004, and The Mystery of the Stolen Statue in 2005

Dr. Stanley is a Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Journalism at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Stanley is an active member of the African Language Teachers Association, the American Association of Teachers of Arabic, the American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages, the Children’s Literature Association, the Mystery Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (life member).