A-z Mysteries Author May 2026

Marco held it up. “This,” he said, “is the book that taught me that reading is a mystery worth solving.”

Here’s a helpful story about the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, Ron Roy. When third-grade teacher Mrs. Patel noticed that her student, Marco, hated reading, she didn’t push a thick novel or a classic. Instead, she handed him a thin chapter book called The Absent Author . On the cover was a blond boy, a girl in glasses, and a kid in a baseball cap—Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. “Just try the first three chapters,” she said. a-z mysteries author

“Who writes these?” he asked.

Years later, Marco became a teacher himself. On the first day of school, he placed a worn copy of The Absent Author on his desk. A student raised a hand. “What’s that book?” Marco held it up