James Preller

James Preller (born February 1, 1961) is an American writer of children's books including Bystander, Six Innings, and the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries.

He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, he worked as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation. "Meeting" many notable children's writers through their books, he was inspired to try writing himself. His first book, MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue, was published in 1986. Since then Preller has written a variety of books, some under pen names including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, and Izzy Bonkers. He lives in Delmar, New York, with his wife Lisa and their three children, Nicholas, Gavin, and Maggie.

Preller made up stories when he was young and sold them to friends, family, and neighbors. At that time, however, he planned to become a baseball player for the New York Mets.

Published books
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gollark: Anyway, the beeoid incursion protocol *does* work well at making tit-for-tat win, so... great...?
gollark: Oh, I just had a really cool idea; you can *read* strategies too, and mostly they're deterministic, so just check the move sequences you see against every other strategy, guess which one is in use, and.... do... something?
gollark: No idea.
gollark: I suppose if you clone the beeoids enough then you won't have to worry about them.
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