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Peter Lerangis (born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955) is an author of children's and young-adult fiction, best known for his ''Seven Wonders'' series. == Life and career== Lerangis's work includes ''The Viper's Nest'' and ''The Sword Thief'', three titles in the ''New York Times''-bestselling children's-book series ''The 39 Clues'', along with the second entry in a four-novella collection, ''Vespers Rising''. This book served as an introduction to a six-book ''39 Clues'' sequel entitled ''Cahills Vs. Vespers'',〔("Announcement of sequel to The 39 Clues" )〕 for which he wrote the third book, ''The Dead of the Night''. His other books include the historical novel ''Smiler's Bones'', the YA novel ''Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am'' (with Harry Mazer), the YA dark comedy-adventure novel ''wtf,'' the ''Drama Club'' series, the ''Spy X'' series, the ''Watchers'' series, the ''Abracadabra'' series, and the ''Antarctica'' two-book adventure, as well ghost-writing for series such as the ''Three Investigators'', the '' Hardy Boys Casefiles'', ''Sweet Valley Twins'', and more than forty books in the series ''The Baby-sitters Club'' and its various spin-offs.〔http://peterlerangis.com/aboutpeter/author_author〕 He has also written novels based on film screenplays, including ''The Sixth Sense'', ''Sleepy Hollow'', and ''Beauty and the Beast'', and five video game novelizations in the Worlds of Power series created by Seth Godin.〔''People'', July 30, 1990, "Worlds of Power" series review by Ralph Novak〕 As a ghostwriter he has been published under the name A. L. Singer.〔http://www.threeinvestigatorsbooks.com/LerangisInterview.html〕 Lerangis is the son of a retired New York Telephone Company employee and a retired public-elementary-school secretary, who raised him in Freeport, New York on Long Island. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in biochemistry, while acting in musicals〔("Divine Decadence and Dollars" ) Klein, Julia M.. ''The Harvard Crimson'', 1976-05-13〕 and singing with and musically directing the ''a cappella'' group the Harvard Krokodiloes,〔("Perfect Tone, in a Key That’s Mostly Minor." ) Rapkin, Mickey. ''The New York Times'', 2008-03-23, Sunday Styles section, p. 1.〕〔(Notable Alumni of the Harvard Krokodiloes )〕 before moving to New York. He worked there as an actor〔("The Uncertain Joys of A Young Actor's Life." ) Colt, George Howe. ''The New York Times'', 1980-12-21, Arts and Leisure section, p. 1.〕 and freelance copy editor for eight years before becoming an author.〔(Peter Lerangis at Scholastic.com ). Retrieved on 2007-12-18.〕 In 2003, Lerangis was chosen by First Lady Laura Bush to accompany her to the first Russian Book Festival, hosted by Russian First Lady Lyudmila Putina in Moscow.〔Loven, Jennifer. "Laura Bush hopes to counter resentment of U.S. on trip to France, Russia." ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', 2003-09-27, p. 5.〕〔(Website of First Lady Laura Bush. )〕 Authors R. L. Stine (''Goosebumps'') and Marc Brown (the ''Arthur the Aardvark'' series) also made the trip with Bush.〔 Also in 2003, Lerangis was commissioned by the United Kingdom branch of Scholastic to write ''X-Isle'', one of four books that would relaunch the ''Point Horror'' series there.〔"New life for teen horror stories." The Bookseller, 2003-07-18, p. 28.〕 A sequel, ''Return to X-Isle'', was published in 2004. In 2007, Scholastic announced the launch of a new historical mystery series called ''The 39 Clues'', intended to become a franchise.〔("Scholastic plans to put its branding iron on a successor to Harry Potter." ) Rich, Motoko. ''The New York Times'', 2007-12-18, p. E1.〕 Lerangis wrote the third book in the series, ''The Sword Thief'', published in March 2009.〔(Amazon.com page confirming book title of third ''39 Clues'' book. )〕〔Scholastic Press Release (March 3, 2009). "Worldwide Hunt for 'The 39 Clues' Continues Today with Release of 'Book 3:The Sword Thief,' More Clues Revealed, and Multi-City Author Tour (http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Scholastic-NASDAQ-SCHL-956445.html)〕〔(Scholastic Inc. FAQ sheet regarding ''The 39 Clues''. )〕 On March 3, 2009, Scholastic announced that Lerangis would write the seventh book in the series, ''The Viper's Nest''.〔〔(Scholastic Media Joins Post Cereals for The 39 Clues "Race to Win" Sweepstakes )〕 Lerangis lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their sons Nick and Joe.〔(Peter Lerangis at SFBookcase.com ). Retrieved on 2007-12-18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Lerangis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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