before published, HENRY HOPKINS AND THE HORRIBLE HALLOWEEN HAPPENING is New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staubs first middle grade novel in two decades, and a new entry in her whimsical middle grade series about a quirky quartet of Teen Angels who must earn their wings by helping regular kids wrestle earthly problems.
Previous titles were MITZI MALLOY AND THE ANYTHINGBUTHEAVENLY SUMMER and BRITTANY BUTTERFIELD AND THE BACKTOSCHOOL BLUES, Here, we meet twelve yearold Henry Hopkins, whose life is hardly perfect even before
his flaky single mom decides to marry a laid back musician named Shepat a Halloween costume wedding.
Fed up, and wondering about the father he never knew, Henry goes to the library to research old birth records, There, a selfassured teenager named Bryan promises to help him unravel the truth about his dad, When Henrys mother drops a bombshell that only deepens the mystery, Henry knows that only one person can set the record straight, But suddenly, Bryan is nowhere to be found, New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award winning author of than ninety novels, best known for the single title psychological suspense novels she writes under her own name.
Those books and the womens fiction written under the pseudonym Wendy Markham have also appeared on the USA Today, Barnes and Noble, and Bookscan bestseller lists.
Her current standalone suspense novel, THE OTHER FAMILY, is about a picture perfect family that that moves into a picture perfect house, But not everything is as it seems, and the page turner concludes “with a wallop of a twist,” according toNew York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben.
Her critically acclaimed Lily Dale traditional mystery series centers around a widowed singl New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award winning author of than ninety novels, best known for the single title psychological suspense novels she writes under her own name.
Those books and the womens fiction written under the pseudonym Wendy Markham have also appeared on the USA Today, Barnes and Noble, and Bookscan bestseller lists.
Her current standalone suspense novel, THE OTHER FAMILY, is about a picture perfect family that that moves into a picture perfect house, But not everything is as it seems, and the page turner concludes “with a wallop of a twist,” according toNew York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben.
Her critically acclaimed Lily Dale traditional mystery series centers around a widowed single momand skepticwho moves to a town populated by spiritualists who talk to the dead.
Titles include NINE LIVES SOMETHING BURIED, SOMETHING BLUE DEAD OF WINTER and PROSE AND CONS, with a fifth book under contract, Wendy has written five suspense trilogies for HarperCollins/William Morrow, The most recent, The Foundlings LITTLE GIRL LOST, DEAD SILENCE, and THE BUTCHERS DAUGHTER, spans fifty years in the life of a woman left as a newborn in a Harlem church, now an investigative genealogist helping others uncover their biological roots while still searching for her own.
Written as Wendy Markham, Wendys novel HELLO, ITS ME was a recent Hallmark television movie starring Kellie Martin, Her short story “Cat Got Your Tongue” appeared in R, L. Stines MWA middle grade anthology SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and her short story “The Elephant in the Room” is included in the Anthony Award nominated inaugural anthology SHATTERING GLASS.
A three time finalist for the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, shes won an RWA Rita Award, an RT Award for Career Achievement in Suspense, theRWA NYC Golden Apple Award for Lifetime Achievement, and five WLA Washington Irving Prizes for Fiction.
She previously published a dozen adult suspense novels with Kensington Books and the critically acclaimed young adult paranormal series “Lily Dale” Walker/Bloomsbury, Earlier in her career, she published a broad range of genres under her own name and pseudonyms, and was a co author/ghostwriter for several celebrities.
Raised in Dunkirk, NY, Wendy graduated from SUNY Fredonia and launched a publishing career in New York City, She was Associate Editor at Silhouette Books before selling her first novel in, Married with two sons, she lives in the NYC suburbs, An active supporter of the American Cancer Society, she was a featured speaker at Northern WestchestersRelay for Life andNational Spokesperson for the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation.
She has fostered for various animal rescue organizations, sitelink.