Pseudonymous Bosch

Children's Author

Birthday October 25, 1967

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace United States

Age 56 years old

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About

Author of The Secret Series and The Bad Books series. He also wrote The Unbelievable Oliver chapter book mysteries. In 2021, he published The Anti-Book, his first book under his real name.

Before Fame

He attended Yale University. He earned an MA in Comparative Literature from University of California, Irvine.

Trivia

In 2007, he published a fantasy novel called The Name of this Book is Secret. It was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award for best juvenile mystery. It became a series which has sold millions of copies and has been translated into many languages.

Family Life

In May 2016, he revealed his real name was Raphael Simon. In 2008, he and his husband Phillip de Leon had twin daughters.

Associated With

He worked as a staff writer on the Nickelodeon animated series Rocket Power, which featured voice performances by Joseph Ashton and Shayna Fox.