Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman is a Canadian author who published his first novel as a seventh-grader and went on to build one of the most prolific careers in contemporary middle-grade and young adult fiction, known for comic adventure series including Swindle and the Bruno and Boots books, before contributing to Rick Riordan's 39 Clues franchise. Riordan originated the multimedia series, which follows siblings racing to uncover secrets about their powerful ancestral family, and Korman was among the rotating team of authors who wrote installments within the larger collaborative story arc. Korman's decades of experience writing fast-paced, plot-driven fiction for young readers made him a natural fit for the 39 Clues format, which required each contributing author to maintain narrative momentum and character consistency across an unusually long, multi-book mystery. Beyond his franchise work, Korman remains one of the most widely read authors in North American school libraries, publishing dozens of original novels across his career. He continues to write prolifically for young readers, and his contribution to 39 Clues represents one part of an extraordinarily large and enduring body of work in children's fiction.