Q.L. Pearce

Q.L. Pearce began her career as a writer and editor with Lowell House/Roxbury Press in Los Angeles, CA, in 1985. She has since written more than one hundred and twenty books for children, including eight collections of scary stories for middle grade and film tie-in books for the Fox animated film Titan AE and the Universal animated series "Land Before Time." In addition, she has published more than thirty classroom workbooks and teacher manuals on the topics of reading, science, math, and values. Two volumes of Plays That Show Character Counts, are currently offered as a part of the national Character Counts! program.

Q is the Assistant Regional Advisor for Orange, San Bernardino, Long Beach, and Riverside counties. She lives in Claremont, CA, with her husband, daughter Kaitlyn, three amazing dogs, Laaci the rat, Buddy the cockatiel, and a host of fish.