

With Jack and Annie, she has traveled through time, from the prehistoric land of dinosaurs to the imaginary world of Camelot. The books that have taken Mary to the most places are the Magic Tree House series.

She has written almost a hundred books, including biographies, mysteries, picture books, novels and retellings of fairy tales and world mythology.

Writing children's books was a perfect career for Mary because she could still travel all over the world - but be back home in time for dinner. Her dad was in the army, so every year or two her family would move to a different state, or even a different country! By the time she was fifteen, Mary had lived in thirteen different houses and gone to eight different schools! Mary Pope Osborne was born into adventure.
