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R.A. Montgomery

Born

in Greenwich, Connecticut, The United States

March 09, 1936

Died

November 09, 2014

Website

http://cyoa.typepad.com/about.html

Genre

Children's, Choose Your Own Adventure

Influences

Shannon Gilligan, Edward Packard ...more

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Raymond A. Montgomery (born 1936 in Connecticut) was an author and progenitor of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure interactive children's book series, which ran from 1979 to 2003. Montgomery graduated from Williams College and went to graduate school at Yale University and New York University (NYU). He devoted his life to teaching and education.

In 2004, he co-founded the Chooseco publishing company alongside his wife, fellow author/publisher Shannon Gilligan, with the goal of reviving the CYOA series with new novels and reissued editions of the classics.

He continued to write and publish until his death in 2014. ...more

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Average rating: 3.52 · 13,657 ratings · 1,511 reviews · 157 distinct works • Similar authors

	Journey Under the Sea (Choose Your Own Adventure, #2) by R.A. Montgomery, Sittisan Sundaravej (Illustrator), Kriangsak Thongmoon (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 1,722 ratings — published 1979 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Abominable Snowman (Choose Your Own Adventure, #13) by R.A. Montgomery, Laurence Peguy (Illustrator), Marco Cannella (Illustrator) 3.56 avg rating — 1,492 ratings — published 1982 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Space and Beyond (Choose Your Own Adventure, #4) by R.A. Montgomery, Vorrarit Pornkerd (Illustrator), Sasiprapa Yaweera (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 1,430 ratings — published 1979 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystery of the Maya (Choose Your Own Adventure, #11) 3.51 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 1981 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Danger (Choose Your Own Adventure, #15) by R.A. Montgomery, Sittisan Sundaravej (Illustrator), Kriangsak Thongmoon (Illustrator) 3.39 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 1982 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Jewels of Nabooti (Choose Your Own Adventure, #10) by R.A. Montgomery, Vorrarit Pornkerd (Illustrator), Sasiprapa Yaweera (Illustrator) 3.35 avg rating — 748 ratings — published 1981 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escape (Choose Your Own Adventure, #20) by R.A. Montgomery, Jason Millet (Illustrator) 3.62 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost on the Amazon (Choose Your Own Adventure, #24) by R.A. Montgomery, Jason Millet (Illustrator), Marco Cannella (Illustrator) 3.41 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 1983 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Atlantis (Choose Your Own Adventure, #78) 3.60 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 1988 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Race Forever (Choose Your Own Adventure, #17) by R.A. Montgomery, Sittisan Sundaravej (Illustrator), Kriangsak Thongmoon (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by R.A. Montgomery (?)

“Good thoughts yield good things. The future, no matter how dark it seems, can always change, as long as the thoughts change.”
― R.A. Montgomery, Forecast from Stonehenge

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“Do not welcome self-pity. It is but a poor guest who will rob you of much joy and energy.”
― R.A. Montgomery, Chinese Dragons

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“Don't be afraid, and don't do things just because you think that's what other people want. Do what you think is right.”
― R.A. Montgomery, Smoke Jumper

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