Who Is Ridley Pearson?

“Only a mastermind like Ridley Pearson could put such a fresh spin on the venerable story of Sherlock Holmes… Lock and Key provides an explosive origin story for our hero and future villain...this tale will change the way you see Sherlock Holmes and leave you dying to know more about the evolution of the Moriarty’s...”. This quote was written by Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, praising Ridley Pearson’s book Lock and Key. Writing became a passion of his from a young age.Ever since he was ten, Ridley Pearson has always adored storytelling. He would write for hours on end. That is until he took a break from writing in high school and college because of all of the homework piling up. Ridley started writing again after college not as a novelist, but as a songwriter. He then moved to become a scriptwriter, and finally evolved into a novelist. …show more content…
Since then, Ridley Pearson has written over fifty children and adult books, including four books in the Risk Agent series, nine books in the Kingdom Keepers series, three books in The Return series, and three books in the Lock and Key series. His books are so popular, they have been written in over two dozen languages. Throughout his many years of writing, Ridley was nominated for an Edgar Award, was admitted into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame in 2013, and, in 1990, was the first American to win the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in detective fiction. All of these accomplishments are just the beginning of his