About Magic Tree House Author
Mary Pope Osborne

Mary Pope Osborne is the author of the popular Magic Tree House series. She works with her husband Will and her sister Natalie on the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Many of her books have been named to best-books lists.

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About Magic Tree House Research Guide Authors
Will Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce

About Will Osborne
An accomplished writer, director, and actor, Will Osborne has long enjoyed entertaining, inspiring and educating kids. He has written several plays for children, as well as a number of books for young readers, including 13 Ghosts - Strange but True Stories and two retellings of Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts and The Deadly Power of Medusa, which he co-authored with his wife, Mary Pope Osborne. Will collaborated with Mary in creating the popular Magic Tree House Research Guides which provide fun, factual information about the exciting times and places explored in the bestselling Magic Tree House series. He co-wrote the first 8 titles in the series. His more recent Magic Tree House endeavors include the scripting and production of a widely acclaimed planetarium show entitled Magic Tree House Space Mission which debuted at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Will is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in Drama and Psychology. He and Mary currently reside in northwestern Connecticut with their 2 dogs, Joey and Mr. Bezo.

About Natalie Pope Boyce
Natalie Pope Boyce and Mary Pope Osborne are sisters who grew up on army posts all over the world. As an adult, Natalie continued to travel and lived in Germany and Ireland before settling in Mexico for a number of years. Ten years ago she moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts where she lives in a 200 year old house. Beside collaborating with Mary on the Magic Tree House Research Guides, she works for the Climate Crisis Coalition which is concerned with issues involving global warming. In her spare time, she reads, gardens, cooks, and spends a lot of time with her grandsons, Andrew and Peter.