Roger Garis, (September 10, 1901 – ) was an American author known as a writer for magazines and the author of The Outboard Boys series of books. Roger also wrote several books under pseudonyms for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, as his parents did (see My Father Was Uncle Wiggily for further details).

Garis was born in Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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 and attended Princeton University

Princeton University

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 and Columbia University

Columbia University

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, but received his law degree from New Jersey Law School. In addition to his writing of books for children and adults, he contributed to the Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

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 Republican and wrote for the stage and for television.

His father, Howard Garis

Howard Roger Garis

Howard Roger Garis, was an American author, best known for a series of books, published under his own name, that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Garis and his wife were possibly the most prolific children's authors of the early 20th century. Many of...

, and his mother, Lilian C. Garis

Lilian Garis

Lilian C. Garis , born Lilian C. McNamara was an American author who wrote hundreds of books of juvenile fiction between around 1915 and the early 1940s...

, were very popular authors in their day writing hundreds of books under their own names, as well as pseudonyms. Roger's sister, Cleo F., also wrote a 3 book series concurrently with his Outboard Boys series. Roger Garis' daughter, Leslie Garis wrote a memoir of the family, The House of Happy Endings (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2007).

Books

• The Outboard Boys At Mystery Island [f|1933]
• The Outboard Boys At Shadow Lake [f|1933]
• The Outboard Boys At Pirate Beach [f|1933]
• The Outboard Boys At Shark River [f|1934]
• Amusement Park (D. Appleton-Century, New York/London) [f|1934]
• Never Take Candy From A Stranger [f|1961]
• My Father Was Uncle Wiggily 1966

Movies

• Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) at imdb.com

External links

• The Outboard Boys at Shark River full text
• Roger Garis Papers at Syracuse University