Donald J. Sobol
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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Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again
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Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
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Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
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Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
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Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
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Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the soccer scheme
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Encyclopedia Brown and his Best Cases Ever
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret UFOs
cover - Image source: Open LibraryEB
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the carnival crime
cover - Image source: Open LibraryEB
Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth
cover - Image source: Open LibraryEB
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor
cover - Image source: Open LibraryEB
Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake!
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
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Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
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Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (Encyclopedia Brown)
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Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the jumping frogs
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Encyclopedia Brown Collection
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Two-Minute Mysteries Collection
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Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries, Volume 1
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Secret Agents Four
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The Book of Children's Classics
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Encyclopedia Brown
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Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again
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Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
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Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
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Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the soccer scheme
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and his Best Cases Ever
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret UFOs
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the carnival crime
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake!
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (Encyclopedia Brown)
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the jumping frogs
- Open Work
Encyclopedia Brown Collection
- Open Work
Two-Minute Mysteries Collection
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Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries, Volume 1
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Secret Agents Four
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The Book of Children's Classics
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Encyclopedia Brown