A writer's life

Author Peter Lerangis speaks to fourth grade students about his life as a writer on Wednesday, March 3. Lerangis is the author of more than 160 books, for early readers through teens, which have sold more than three million copies worldwide. He wrote The Sword Thief and The Viper’s Nest, two books in the New York Times-bestselling series The 39 Clues.

In 2003, Lerangis was invited by the White House to accompany First Lady Laura Bush to Moscow, with authors Marc Brown and R.L. Stein, to represent the United States in the first Russian Book Festival. He is a Harvard University graduate and currently lives in New York City.