ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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PETER LERANGIS is the author of more than one hundred and sixty books, which have sold more than five million copies and been translated into thirty-three different languages, including The Colossus Rises, the first book in the New York Times bestselling Seven Wonders series, and three books in the 39 Clues series (The Sword Thief, The Viper’s Nest, and The Dead of Night). Peter is a Harvard graduate with a degree in biochemistry. After college he became a Broadway musical theater actor. He has run a marathon and gone rock climbing during an earthquake, but not on the same day. He lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their two sons, Nick and Joe. In his spare time, he likes to eat chocolate.

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