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SammyKeyesisperusingtheneighborhoodthroughbinocularswhenshespotssomethingfishyattheHeavenlyHotel.She'ssureshe'sjustseenarobbery,nowshejusthastoproveit.NowinKnopfPaperback,isthefirstbookintheexcitingnewseriesofmiddle-grademysteriesstarringthesmartandspunkyseventh-gradeacedetective.
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BookshavealwaysbeenapartofWendelinVanDraanen’slife.Hermothertaughthertoreadatanearlyage,andshehasfondmemoriesofstorytimewithherfather,whensheandherbrotherswouldcuddleuparoundhimandlistentohimreadstories.Growingup,VanDraanenwasatomboywholovedtobeoutsidechasingdownadventure.Shedidnotdecidethatshewantedtobeanauthoruntilshewasanadult.Whenshetriedherhandatwritingascreenplayaboutafamilytragedy,shefoundtheprocessquitecatharticandfromthatexperience,turnedtowritingnovelsforadults.Shesoonstumbleduponthejoysofwritingforchildren.FeedbackfromherreadersisVanDraanen’sgreatestrewardforwriting.“OnegirlcameuptomeandtoldmeIchangedherlife.Itdoesn’tgetanybetterthanthat,”shesaid.VanDraanenhopestoleaveherreaderswithasensethattheyhavetheabilitytosteertheirowndestiny—thatindividualityisastrength,andthatwherethere’sawill,there’smostcertainlyaway.WendelinVanDraanenisthewinnerofthe1999EdgarAllanPoeAwardforBestChildren’sMysteryBookforSammyKeyesandtheHotelThiefandliveswithherhusbandandtwosonsinCalifornia.
