Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012)

Författare till Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

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Om författaren

Donald J. Sobol was born in the Bronx, New York on October 4, 1924. During World War II, he served in the Army as a sergeant in a combat engineer battalion in the Pacific. He received a B.A. degree from Oberlin College. He worked as a copy boy and then a reporter at The New York Sun and The Long visa mer Island Daily Press. In 1959, he began writing a syndicated fiction column called Two-Minute Mysteries. He is the creator of the Encyclopedia Brown series. His first book, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, was published in 1963. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books. In 1976, he won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Encyclopedia Brown series. He died from gastric lymphoma on July 11, 2012 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

Inkluderar namnen: Donald Sobol, Donald Sobol, Donald J. Sobol

Serier

Encyclopedia Brown

Two-Minute Mysteries

Verk av Donald J. Sobol

Populära Nyliga

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (1963) 3,943 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch (1965) 1,893 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (1966) 1,796 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All (1968) 1,585 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace (1982) 1,538 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man (1967) 1,533 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor (1977) 1,341 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Carries On (1980) 1,296 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake! (1983) 1,147 exemplar

Two-Minute Mysteries (1967) 1,082 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (1969) 1,001 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case (2007) 979 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (1970) 969 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way (1972) 966 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand (1974) — Författare — 906 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down (1971) 905 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints (1985) 846 exemplar

The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk (1961) 818 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers (1990) 763 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles (1975) 755 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case (1973) 735 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth (2009) 634 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt (1988) 604 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs (2010) 485 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Book Of Strange But True Crimes (1991) 456 exemplar

More Two-Minute Mysteries (1971) 455 exemplar

Still More Two-Minute Mysteries (1975) 365 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (1999) 337 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Two Spies (1994) 322 exemplar

Two-Minute Mysteries Collection (2004) 320 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose (1997) 289 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme (2012) 272 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog (1998) 268 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime (2011) 211 exemplar

Secret Agents Four (Adventure Library) (1967) 200 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and his Best Cases Ever (2013) 186 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs (2003) 172 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (1980) 152 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Wacky Cars (1987) 100 exemplar

Angie's First Case (1981) 98 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Third Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts (1985) 95 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Wacky Spies (1984) 85 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts (1979) 74 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Wacky Animals (1985) 72 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Wacky Sports (1984) 70 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Second Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts (1981) 66 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Collection (2004) 56 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Book of the Wacky Outdoors (1987) 52 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Mystery Collection (2007) 51 exemplar

The Amazing Power of Ashur Fine (1986) 51 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's Wacky Crimes (1982) 50 exemplar

Two Flags Flying (1960) 40 exemplar

The First Book of Medieval Man (1959) 38 exemplar

Great Sea Stories (1975) 30 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective / The Case of the Secret Pitch (2003) 23 exemplar

The Best of Encyclopedia Brown (1984) 21 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Breaks the Case (1982) 17 exemplar

Greta the Strong (1970) 15 exemplar

The First Book of the Barbarian Invaders, A.D. 375-511 (1962) 14 exemplar

An American Revolutionary War Reader (1964) 13 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #1: Featured mysteries from Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (2012) 11 exemplar

Lost Dispatch (1958) 10 exemplar

Lock, Stock, and Barrel (1965) 10 exemplar

My Name is Amelia (1994) 8 exemplar

Best Animal Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979) — Redaktör — 8 exemplar

The Amazons of Greek Mythology (1972) 8 exemplar

Milton, the Model A (1971) 6 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown's 3rd Record Book of Weird & Wonderful Facts (1985) 5 exemplar

Mini Mysteries For Amateur Detectives (5 Books, Mind Boggling Mysteries) (1973) 5 exemplar

A Civil War Sampler (1961) 4 exemplar

The Double Quest 3 exemplar

Encyclopaedia Brown : Boy detective ; Solves them all ; Saves the day : three books in one (1982) 3 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective 1: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch/Encyclopedia Brown Finds the… (1991) 3 exemplar

Disaster (1979) 3 exemplar

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Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Comic Strips, No 2 (1985) 3 exemplar

The First Book of Barbarian Invaders 2 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective: Novel-Ties Study Guide (1995) 2 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective #1, 4-6, 9-14,15.5, 18-28 2 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Boxed Set ~ 50 Cases Solved by the World's Greatest Boy Sleuth (1978) 2 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #5: Featured mysteries from Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (2012) 2 exemplar

Y La Jugada Secreta (Enciclopedia Brown) (1977) 2 exemplar

The first book of the barbarian invaders : A.D.375-511 1 exemplar

Mostra o Caminho 1 exemplar

Jovem Detective 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Set 4 (Case of the Slippery Salamander, Case of the Secret Pitch, Case of Pablo's Nose, Boy… (2002) 1 exemplar

דני ידעני מפענח תעלומות 1 exemplar

Enciclopédia Brown, Jovem Detective 1 exemplar

Mantèm a Paz 1 exemplar

SALAPOLIISI VÄLKKY RATKAISEE (1972) 1 exemplar

O Enciclopédia Brown e o caso das águias mortas 1 exemplar

A Enciclopédia Brown Aceita o Caso 1 exemplar

דני ידעני לוכד גנבים 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Everyone's Favorite Boy Detective and His Best Case Ever 1 exemplar

The Barbarian Invaders 1 exemplar

ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN'S BOOK OF STRANGE BUT TRUE STORIES 1 exemplar

#1 Encyclopedia Boy Boy Detective 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown: and the Case fo the Myserious handprints 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown: Book of Strange but True Crimes 1 exemplar

GREAT SEA STORIES 1 exemplar

WRIGHT BROS AT KITTY HAWK, THE 1 exemplar

דני ידעני עוזר למשטרה 1 exemplar

דני ידעני מגלה עקבות 1 exemplar

דני ידעני נלחם בפשע 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown ~ a Bantam Skylark Set ~ Books 1,2,4,6 (1970) 1 exemplar

Snillet och fallet med fåglarna och 16 andra fall (1984) 1 exemplar

The Wide Window 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down / Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers 1 exemplar

Snillet och fallet med spejaren (1980) 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Books: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch; Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective;… (2002) 1 exemplar

Wie is de dader? 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #4: Featured mysteries from Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective 1 exemplar

The First Book of Mediaeval Britain (1960) 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective 2: Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day/Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down/Encyclopedia… (1991) 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown: First Four Books 1 exemplar

The Two-Minute Mysteries series (Three Books), More Two-Minute Mysteries, and: Still More Two-Minute Mysteries (Three… (1965) 1 exemplar

Snillet och fallet med den döda örnen och 16 andra fall (1984) 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown Double Mystery #3: Featured mysteries from Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (2012) 1 exemplar

Encyclopedia Brown 3 in 1 (1982) 1 exemplar

דני ידעני הנער הבלש 1 exemplar

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Ein Sherlock Holmes fällt nicht vom Himmel 1 exemplar

The strongest man in the world: stories 1 exemplar

AYUDA A LA JUSTICIA (1978) 1 exemplar

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Vedertaget namn: Sobol, Donald J.
Födelsedag: 1924-10-04
Avled: 2012-07-11
Kön: male
Nationalitet: USA
Födelseort: New York, New York, USA
Dödsort: Miami, Florida, USA
Dödsorsak: gastric lymphoma
Utbildning: Oberlin College (BA|1948)
New School for Social Research
Yrken: children's book author
Relationer: Sobol, Rose (wife)
Organisationer: Authors Guild
Authors League of America
Army Corps of Engineers (WWII)
New York Sun
Daily News
Priser och utmärkelser: Special Edgar Award (1975)
Edgar Allan Poe Award (1975)

Medlemmar

Recensioner

Two-minute mysteries av Donald J. Sobol

This was a good one to read just a few pages at a time when I wanted to challenge myself. Some of the cases were very easy and some were rather impossible, especially considering my edition was written in 1960 and some of the details that may have been common knowledge back then are not now.

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RachelRachelRachel | 4 andra recensioner | Nov 21, 2023 |

Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake! (#15 1/2) av Donald J. Sobol

The ten-year-old detective solves "The Case of the Missing Garlic Bread" and other food-related mysteries. Includes menus and recipes for a Fourth-of-July party, a birthday brunch, and other occasions.

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PlumfieldCH | 7 andra recensioner | Nov 1, 2023 |

Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective (#1) av Donald J. Sobol

Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood's ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information--it's classic Encyclopedia Brown!… (mer)

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PlumfieldCH | 32 andra recensioner | Sep 23, 2023 |