![]() ![]() Her father's career required the family to travel rather extensively and regularly move. Mary Pope Osborne grew up in a military family, alongside her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce, her twin brother, Bill, and younger brother, Michael. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will. She would go on to write a variety of other kinds of children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, with her first book being published in 1982. ![]() Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. ![]() One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. ![]() Both the series and Osborne have won awards, sometimes for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Mary Pope Osborne (born May 20, 1949) is an American author of children's books. Mary Pope Osborne, photographed in 2012 by Elena Seibert.Ĭhildren's picture books, fantasy, myths and fairy tales retold, American biography and fictional diary ![]()
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