“I
think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to
have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our
profession, to get those voices onto paper.” – Ridley Pearson
Born in Glen Cove, NY on this
date in 1953, Pearson started writing during his collegiate years – at the
University of Kansas and Brown University – and has authored more than 30 suspense and thriller
novels for adults and 20-plus adventure books for children. Over the years, his work has been published
in 2 dozen languages, and been adapted for network television and the Broadway
stage. His book Peter and the Starcatchers, written with Dave Barry and
adapted into a Broadway play won 5 Tony Awards.
Among
his many bestsellers are the Kingdom Keepers and Lock and Key series, and the
suspense-crime novels Probable Cause, Beyond Recognition, Killer Weekend,
and The Red Room.
Pearson
and his family reside in Missouri and among his writing prizes is the Missouri
Writers Hall of Fame’ Quill Award – its highest honor.
Pearson’s advice to new writers is
simple: “The way you get better is
putting words on the page and getting them behind you.” 
“For the first-time novelist you've got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and
write until 7, make breakfast and go to work. Or, come home and work for an
hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere.”
“For the first-time novelist you've got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and
write until 7, make breakfast and go to work. Or, come home and work for an
hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere.”
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