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George E. Stanley


Born
in Memphis, The United States
July 15, 1942

Died
February 07, 2011

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Genre
Children's


George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas on July 15, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1967 from Texas Tech University. He earned his Doctor Litterarum in African Linguistics in 1974 from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He lived all over Europe and Africa, studying and teaching foreign languages, working for the U.S. government, and writing books for young people and adults. He started writing fiction while a Fulbright professor in Chad, Central Africa, where about the only diversion he found available was listening to the BBC on his short wave radio. That led to his writing radio plays for a program called World Service Short Story. Three of his plays were eventually produced. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 2,322 ratings · 315 reviews · 83 distinct works • Similar authors
The Clue Of The Left-Handed...
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Third-Grade Detectives #1-2...
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Night Fires
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The Puzzle of the Pretty Pi...
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The Riddle Of The Stolen Sa...
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The Clue Of The Left-Handed... The Puzzle of the Pretty Pi... The Mystery of the Hairy To... The Cobweb Confession The Riddle Of The Stolen Sand The Secret of the Green Skin The Case of the Dirty Clue
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