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Melissa Wiley
BornMelissa Anne Peterson
(1968-12-17) December 17, 1968 (age 56)
OccupationWriter, Editor
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksThe Martha Years
The Charlotte Years
SpouseScott Peterson

Melissa Wiley, the pen name of Melissa Anne Peterson(born December 17, 1968), is an author of children's books, known especially for two book series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's ancestors: The Martha Years and The Charlotte Years.[1] She is a contributing writer at Wired.com's GeekMom blog and cowrites a webcomic with her husband, Scott Peterson, and illustrator Chris Gugliotti.[2]

Personal life

Wiley resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband, the comic book editor and author Scott Peterson (born (1968-12-09) December 9, 1968 (age 56)), and six children. One of her sons (born (2003-12-09) December 9, 2003 (age 21)) has hearing loss. Her oldest daughter (born (1995-06-07) June 7, 1995 (age 29)) had leukemia, but recovered. She is a stay-at-home mom and homeschools her children.[3]

Books

Nonfiction

  • Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy (2020)[4]
  • Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena (2017)[5]

Fiction

  • The Nerviest Girl in the World (2020)[6]
  • Fox and Crow Are Not Friends (2012)[7]
  • The Prairie Thief (2012)[8]
  • Inch and Roly Make a Wish (2012)[8]
  • Inch and Roly and the Very Small Hiding Place (2013)[8]

The Martha Years

  1. Little House in the Highlands (1999)
  2. The Far Side of the Loch (2000)
  3. Down to the Bonny Glen (2001)
  4. Beyond the Heather Hills (2003)

The Charlotte Years

  1. Little House by Boston Bay (1999)
  2. On Tide Mill Lane (2001)
  3. The Road from Roxbury (2002)
  4. Across the Puddingstone Dam (2004)

Carmen Sandiego Mysteries

  • The Cocoa Commotion (1997)
  • Hasta LA Vista, Blarney (1997)

Other

  • Together in Paris (1997)
  • Hanna's Christmas (2001)

References

  1. ^ "Melissa Wiley". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  2. ^ "Melissa Wiley | GeekMom". Wired.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  3. ^ "Melissa Wiley: KidLit Corner Road Trip Edition Podcast". Authors are ROCKSTARS!. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  4. ^ Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy. Autumn House Press. 2020. ISBN 978-1-938769-56-6.
  5. ^ Wiley, Melissa A.,. Antlers in space : and other common phenomena : essays. Wyncote, PA. ISBN 978-1-5426-5147-9. OCLC 1031975148.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ The Nerviest Girl in the World. Knopf. 2020. ISBN 978-0-375-87038-5.
  7. ^ "Melissa Wiley | Penguin Random House". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  8. ^ a b c "Melissa Wiley | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster". Authors.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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