Ben M. Baglio
American writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ben M. Baglio (born 1960 in New York City, U.S.) is an American author who created the brief for two series of children's books – Dolphin Diaries and Animal Ark. Dolphin Diaries features a girl and her family from Florida, who travel around the world as marine biologists and study dolphins. Animal Ark features Mandy Hope, whose parents are vets; she helps injured animals and solves animal-related mysteries. The books were written by commissioned writers in the Canada under Baglio's instruction and published using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels[1] in the UK. Each author is named with a "Special Thanks" on the copyright page – see Dolphin in the Deep copyright page for an example.[2] In the U.S., the books are published under the name of Ben M. Baglio[3] so this name is effectively both a man born in 1960 and also the collective pseudonym for the group of writers who write the books.
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Using his pen name he also wrote the book series The Pet Finders Club, featuring a group of three children who search for people's cute lost pets.