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. He received 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 has written several nonfiction books, and he has also written and contributed to magazines under a variety of pen names.
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Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch
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Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
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Two-Minute Mysteries
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Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
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Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
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Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
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More Two Minute Mysteries
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Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown tracks them down: ten all-new mysteries
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The Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk
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Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake!: a cook and case book
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Carries on
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Carries On
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the two spies
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the treasure hunt
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Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way: ten all-new mysteries
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Encyclopedia Brown Sets The Pace (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Browns Third Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts
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Encyclopedia Brown
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Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake
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ENCY/BROWN/MIDNIGHT
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Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles
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Milton, the Model A
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Encyclopedia Brown's second record book of weird and wonderful facts
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Angie's First Case
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the slippery salamander
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Two flags flying
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Encyclopedia Brown's book of the wacky outdoors
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the mysterious handprints
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The Case of the Exploding Plumbing and Other Mysteries (Encyclopedia Brown)
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E.B. BOY DETECTIVE (Encyclopedia Brown, No 1)
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E BROWN/TAKES CASE/ (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers, No. 10)
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Enc/brown/saves/#7
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ENCY BROWN/SHOWS/WAY (Encyclopedia Brown)
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ENCY BROWN/TRACKS/ (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers, No. 8)
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Encyclopaedia Brown and The Case Of The Dead Eagles
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Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective (Set 1)
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Encyclopedia Brown Breaks the Case
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Encyclopedia Brown Collection
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Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (Encyclopedia Brown, No. 3)
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Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man (Encyclopedia Brown, No. 4)
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Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers)
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Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers)
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Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the DeadEeagles (Encyclopedia Brown)
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ENCYCLOPEDIA/PITCH (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers, No. 2)
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Encycelopedia Brown-5 Vol (Boxed)
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Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective 1: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch/Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues/Encyclopedia Brown Gets H
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ENCY/BRO/BOOK/WACKY/
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (Encyclopedia Brown, 5)
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Mediaeval Britain (First Book S.)
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The Best of Encyclopedia Brown
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Case of the Missing Clues (Cassette and Filmstrip Set)
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Mini Mysteries For Amateur Detectives
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Dá uma ajuda
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Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective 2: Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day/Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down/Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midni
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Encyclopedia Brown No. 1: Boy Detective
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Enciclopedia Brown Resuelve Todos Los Casos/Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
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The First Book of Medieval Britain
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Best of Encyclopedia Brown Case of the Scattered Cards/Audio Cassette
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers, No. 13)
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves them All (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers)
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The First Book of the Barbarian Invaders: A.D.375-511
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O Enciclopedia Brown aceita o caso
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Enciclopedia Brown Sigue Todas Las Pistas
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Encyclopedia Brown Boy, detective, solves them all, saves the day
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Apanha o culpado
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Case of Bugs Meaney
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Enciclopedia Brown Aprovecha Cada Dia/Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
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O Enciclopedia Brown mantem a paz
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Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries: Volume I: Boy Detective; The Case of the Secret Pitch
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Encyclopedia Browns Treasure Hunt
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Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again / The Case of the Secret Pitch
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O Enciclopedia Brown da uma ajuda
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Case of the Whistling Ghost
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Encyclopedia Brown's Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts
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Encyclopedia Brown solves them all: Ten all-new mysteries
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ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN - BOY DETECTIVE (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers, No. 1)
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Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (Encyclopedia Brown, No. 6)
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The Case of the Secret Pitch
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ENC/BROWN/PEACE # 6
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ENC/BROWN/SAVES/#7
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ENCY BR/BK/OF WACY/
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