From the Author:
Like Stevenson and other of Leonard Wibberley's favorite authors--Goldsmith, Milne, Lewis and Tolkien--Wibberley's main concentration in his stories is on the characters, from which he usually developed the plot. Using this method and liberally implementing his wry sense of humor, he produced his numerous works, ranging from fantasy to biography.
"Basically it is for the child inside myself that I write my children's books, for that child lives on into my more somber years."--Leonard Wibberley
About the Author:
Leonard Wibberley was born in Dublin Ireland, in 1915. He was the sixth child of a schoolteacher and an agricultural scientist. When he was nine, his family moved to London. Seven years later, when his father died, he went to work as a stockroom apprentice for a publisher and later became a reporter. After various jobs, he came to the United States in 1943 and engaged in newspaper work for ten years. While working for the Los Angeles Times, he published his first work, The King's Beard. Three years later he published his most successful book, The Mouse That Roared, which was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, and later made into a classic film starring Peter Sellers.
Wibberley lived in Hermosa Beach from 1949 until his death in 1983. He wrote over 100 books and 100's of newspaper articles. He was also an adventurer, who enjoyed traveling, scuba diving, ocean sailing, and road racing.
Leonard also wrote a Christian-themed crime series--The Father Bredder Mysteries--under the pen name Leonard Holton.
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A MOUSE THAT ROARED: The Life and Writings of Leonard Wibberley by Dennis M. Duffy.
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