Steven Bauer

Steven Bauer is the son-in-law of Robert Arthur, the creator of The Three Investigators mystery series. He is the author of three books for young people, the young adult fantasy Satyrday, the middle grade novel A Cat of a Different Color, and The Strange and Wonderful Tale of Robert McDoodle, a picture book in verse.

Bauer has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts and has been given grants and awards from Prairie Schooner, the Ossabaw Island Project, the Massachusetts Arts Council, and the Indiana Arts Commission.

In 2018 Bauer starting working with his wife Elizabeth Arthur on a contemporary Three Investigators series consisting of twenty-six new books - one for every letter of the alphabet. Publication of the series began on March 3, 2025, and the two-part conclusion will be published on March 3, 2027.