Wallace Ronald Ron Roy, pen name Ron Roy (born April 29, 1940), is a writer of mystery books for children. He is best known for the series A to Z Mysteries and Capital Mysteries. A new series, the Calendar Mysteries, is designed for first and second graders.
He grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut and has lived in Connecticut most of his life. He was a fourth grade teacher until selling his first book in 1978; since then he has been a full time writer.
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“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched seabeams glitter in the dark near the Tennhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.”
—David Webb Peoples, U.S. screenwriter, and Ridley Scott. Roy Batty, Blade Runner, final words before dying—as an android he had a built-in life span that expired (1982)