Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life  





2 Career  





3 Personal life  





4 Books  



4.1  Danger Guys series  





4.2  The Weird Zone series  





4.3  The Haunting of Derek Stone series  





4.4  Secrets of Droon series  



4.4.1  Special editions  







4.5  Non-series works  





4.6  UnderWorlds Series  





4.7  The Copernicus Legacy  







5 Awards  





6 References  





7 External links  














Tony Abbott (author)






العربية
فارسی
Français

مصرى
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Tony Abbott
Born (1952-10-26) October 26, 1952 (age 71)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Connecticut
Genrechildren's
Notable worksThe Secrets of Droon
Signature

Tony Abbott (born October 26, 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books. He has sold over 12 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian.[1] He has also written Firegirl and The Copernicus Legacy.

Early life

[edit]

Tony Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. His father was a university professor and had an extensive library of books which became one of Abbott's first sources of literature. Tony had one brother and two sisters.[citation needed] When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school. Abbott attended the University of Connecticut, and after studying both music and psychology, decided to study English and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in English literature and major's in Music and Psychology. After college, he travelled to Europe, returned home and found work at several bookstores and a publishing company. He attended the workshops of Patricia Reilly Giff to further develop his writing.[2]

Career

[edit]

While taking writing class from Patricia Reilly Giff and several failures, Abbott finally published his book Danger Guys. He is well known for the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books.[1] He has also written the bestseller Firegirl and The Copernicus Legacy series.

Personal life

[edit]

Abbott currently lives in Trumbull, Connecticut, with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs.[citation needed] He is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Yale Center for British Art, and other esteemed arts organizations.

Books

[edit]

Mr. Abbott has written over ninety-five books including:[3]

[edit]

The Weird Zone series

[edit]

The Haunting of Derek Stone series

[edit] [edit]

Special editions

[edit]

Non-series works

[edit]

UnderWorlds Series

[edit] [edit]

He also has written the Cracked Classics series, a set of books that narrate classics in a modern way

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b About Tony from Abbott's website
  • ^ Gorce, Tammy La (3 February 2008). "Placing Family First Hasn't Held Children's Author Back". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  • ^ "Search - List of Books by Tony Abbott". www.paperbackswap.com. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  • ^ Abbott, Tony (April 2012). Underworlds *1: The Battle Begins [Paperback]. Scholastic Incorporated. ISBN 978-0545308311.
  • ^ Abbott, Tony (April 2012). Underworlds *2: When Monsters Escape [Paperback]. Scholastic, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0545308328.
  • [edit]
    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Abbott_(author)&oldid=1235156499"

    Categories: 
    1952 births
    Living people
    American children's writers
    American fantasy writers
    American male novelists
    Writers from Cleveland
    20th-century American novelists
    20th-century American male writers
    21st-century American novelists
    Edgar Award winners
    People from Trumbull, Connecticut
    21st-century American male writers
    Novelists from Ohio
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    BLP articles lacking sources from October 2010
    All BLP articles lacking sources
    All articles with unsourced statements
    Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014
    Articles with FAST identifiers
    Articles with ISNI identifiers
    Articles with VIAF identifiers
    Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
    Articles with BNF identifiers
    Articles with BNFdata identifiers
    Articles with GND identifiers
    Articles with J9U identifiers
    Articles with LCCN identifiers
    Articles with NDL identifiers
    Articles with NKC identifiers
    Articles with NLK identifiers
    Articles with NTA identifiers
    Articles with PLWABN identifiers
    Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
    Articles with SUDOC identifiers
     



    This page was last edited on 17 July 2024, at 23:08 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki