Donald J. Sobol
Donald J. Sobol was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from the Fieldston School in New York City in 1942 and joined the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. After the war, he got a degree from Oberlin College. He worked in New York for several years, working his way up from copy boy to reporter for the New York Sun, and then working for the New York Daily News, and worked there for two years. In the 1950s he moved to Miami to pursue writing full-time. He started writing the Two-Minute Mysteries series in 1959, and he started writing his popular Encyclopedia Brown mystery series for children in 1963. The Mystery Writers of America awarded him a Special Edgar Award for his Encyclopedia Brown series in 1975. In addition to his very popular books for children, Sobol wrote several nonfiction books, and he wrote and contributed to magazines under a variety of pen names. The 29th -- and final -- book in the Encyclopedia Brown series was published three months after Sobol's death in 2012.
Books
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
1988
ISBN 9780688069551
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
1969
ISBN 9781101034866
Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
1971
ISBN 9781614793199
Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way
1972
ISBN 9781435249790
Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case
1973
ISBN 9781101034903
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
2007
ISBN 9781429553803
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the soccer scheme
2012
ISBN 9780142422885
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
1963
ISBN 9780553157246
Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
1966
ISBN 9780553151770
Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
1967
ISBN 9780553151367
Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
1968
ISBN 9780590103497
Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
1970
ISBN 9780553153897
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
1974
ISBN 9781101034880
Encyclopedia Brown Carries On
1980
ISBN 9780590075626
Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth
2009
ISBN 9781101106839
Encyclopedia Brown sets the pace
1982
ISBN 9780590445771
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret UFOs
2010
ISBN 9781448783847