{"id":2899,"date":"2015-04-14T21:04:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T02:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2015-04-14T21:04:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T02:04:30","slug":"wibberley-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wibberley-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Wibberley, Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ae_table alignright\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2900 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ph_wibb.jpg\" alt=\"Leonard Wibberley\" width=\"140\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ph_wibb.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ph_wibb-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_mouse.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse that Roared\" width=\"120\" height=\"186\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_tree.jpg\" alt=\"John Treegates Musket\" width=\"110\" height=\"164\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_flint.jpg\" alt=\"Flint's Island\" width=\"120\" height=\"188\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"text10pt\">Leonard Wibberley was born on April 9, 1915<span style=\"color: #ffd6f1;\"><span class=\"text10pt\" style=\"color: black;\"> in Ireland. He wrote more than 50 books for children, some of them under the pen names of Patrick O\u2019Connor and Christopher Webb. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ffd6f1;\"><span class=\"text10pt\" style=\"color: black;\">His seven-volume Treegate series, set during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, is highly regarded for its concentration on characters and its wry sense of humor. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ffd6f1;\"><span class=\"text10pt\" style=\"color: black;\">His novel for young adults, <i class=\"text10pt\">The Mouse That Roared<\/i>, is still popular for its satirical view of American politics. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ffd6f1;\"><span class=\"text10pt\" style=\"color: black;\">Wibberley lived for many years in California, until he died in 1983.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text10pt\"><span style=\"color: #ffd6f1;\"><span class=\"text10pt\" style=\"color: black;\">He wrote, \u201cBasically it is for the child inside myself that I write my children\u2019s books, for that child lives on into my more somber years.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ae-byline\">\u2014 Vicki Palmquist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard Wibberley was born on April 9, 1915 in Ireland. He wrote more than 50 books for children, some of them under the pen names of Patrick O\u2019Connor and Christopher Webb. 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