Bryan Patrick Avery

Bryan Patrick Avery is an award-winning poet and author of more than twenty books for children including the middle grade collective biography, BLACK MEN IN SCIENCE, illustrated by Nikita Leanne, and THE FREEMAN FIELD PHOTOGRAPH, illustrated by Jerome White. Bryan’s other publications include the middle-grade story, “The Magic Day Mystery”, which appears in SUPER PUZZLETASTIC MYSTERIES, the Jake Maddox JV Mysteries OFF BASE and SOCCER SUSPICIONS, the early chapter book series, MR. GRIZLEY’S CLASS, illustrated by Arief Putra, and the picture books EARL LEARNS A LESSON and MAX’S MAGIC CHANGE, both illustrated by Roman Diaz. He is the 2021 recipient of the SCBWI Work in Progress Award for his chapter book mystery THE ROBOT IN THE LIBRARY.

Bryan serves on the Board of Directors of the Northern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and is an Amplify Black Stories Fellow, a joint program presented by the Brown Bookshelf and the Highlights Foundation.

He lives in Northern California with his family.