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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.

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Born 4 October 1924
Died 11 July 2012

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  • Cover of: ENCYCLOPEDIA/DETECTI (Encyclopedia Brown (Paperback))

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (Encyclopedia Brown (Paperback))

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown keeps the peace

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (Encyclopedia Brown, No. 3)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch (Encyclopedia Brown)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down (Encyclopedia Brown)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (Encyclopedia Brown)

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  • Cover of: The Case of the Dead Eagles and other Mysteries. (Encyclopedia Brown No 12)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man (Encyclopedia Brown)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown lends a hand

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  • Cover of: E BROWN/TAKES CASE/ (America's Sherlock Holmes in Sneakers, No. 10)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the midnight visitor

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  • Cover of: ENCY BROWN/SHOWS/WAY (Encyclopedia Brown)

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown sets the pace

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  • Cover of: Two-Minute Mysteries Collection

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake!: a cook and case book

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown carries on: Carries on

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  • Cover of: Still more two-minute mysteries

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  • Cover of: The Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt

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Born 4 October 1924
Died 11 July 2012

Subjects

Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Brown, encyclopedia (fictitious character), fiction, Encyclopedia Brown (Fictitious character), Juvenile literature, Mystery fiction, Juvenile Fiction, History, Short stories, Children's stories, American, American Detective and mystery stories, Anecdotes, Biography, Curiosities and wonders, Literary recreations, Mystery, Animals, Automobiles, Children's stories, Detectives, Science fiction, United States Civil War, 1861-1865

Places

United States, 13 Rover Avenue, Great Britain, Idaville, New York City, Rome

People

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930), Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), Corduroy, Encyclopedia Brown, Ferdinand, Fictional Character - Sherlock Holmes, Homer Price, Madeline, Matilda, Miss Ruphius, Orville Wright (1871-1948), Peter Rabbit, Pippi Långstrump, Sam Gribley, Sebastian, Spike Browning, Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), Winnie-the-Pooh

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1965, Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry II, 1154-1189, Revolution

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August 16, 2022 Edited by mheiman Cleaned up alternate names
August 16, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
August 16, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import