Ron Roy

Wallace Ronald Roy (born April 29, 1940), or Ron Roy, is an American writer of children's fiction, primarily mysteries for young readers. He is best known for the series A to Z Mysteries (from 1997) and Capital Mysteries (from 2001). A new series, the Calendar Mysteries, is designed for first and second graders.
Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut, grew up in East Hartford, and has lived in Connecticut most of his life. He was a fourth grade teacher until he sold his first book in 1978; since then he has been a full-time writer. His first several books were unpaged picture books.

Selected works

For 1978 to 1988 publications there are 18 Library of Congress online catalog records for Ron Roy (with some duplicate titles), then none until 1996.

• Old Tiger, New Tiger, illustrated by Pat Bargielski (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1978)
• A Thousand Pails of Water, illus. Vo-Dinh Mai (Alfred A. Knopf, 1978), picture book
• Someone is following Pip Ramsey, illus. Elizabeth Wolf (Random House, 1996)

A to Z Mysteries

A to Z Mysteries representing M, N, and O, and the first Capital Mystery were published in 2001.

• The Absent Author, illus. John Steven Gurney (Random House, 1997) – the first of 26 A to Z Mysteries

Capital Mysteries

• Who Cloned the President?, illus. Liza Woodruff (Golden Books, 2001) – the first of 14 Capital Mysteries

Calendar Mysteries

• January Joker, illus. Gurney (Random, 2009) – the first of 13 Calendar Mysteries