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Stephen Roos


Born
in New York, The United States
January 01, 1942

Genre
Children's


Son of Audrey Kelley Roos [1912-1982] & William Roos [1911-1987].

Born in New York, Stephen Roos grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. He attended Loomis School and graduated from Yale University. He lives in New York City and Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Soon after he graduated from Yale, Stephen Roos landed a job in the marketing department at Harper & Row (now HarperCollins) in New York. He eventually became an editor and worked on a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction—only to find that after a dozen years in the field, he wanted to be an author.

His first book, My Horrible Secret, was published by Delacorte in 1983. Today, he has two dozen books for children and young adults to his credit. He is most recently a contributor to James Ho ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.64 · 948 ratings · 94 reviews · 34 distinct works
The Gypsies Never Came
3.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions
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The Terrible Truth
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3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions
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The Incredible Cat Caper
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3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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Recycling George
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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The Fair-Weather Friends
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
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My Secret Admirer
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Confessions of a Wayward Pr...
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My Favorite Ghost
2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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Twelve-Year-Old Vows Revenge
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Series by Stephen Roos

Love Me, Love My Werewolf Crocodile Christmas
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Silver Secrets
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