Tucson Festival of Books

James Ponti (he/him/his)


James Ponti is the New York Times bestselling author of four middle-grade series: “The Sherlock Society,” about a group of young detectives, “City Spies,” dealing with an elite MI6 kid spy team, the Edgar Award winning “Framed!” series, concerning tween sleuths in Washington, DC, and the “Dead City” trilogy about a secret group policing the undead in Manhattan. An Emmy-nominated writer and producer, he has worked for Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and PBS, and lives with his family in Orlando, Florida.

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Awards: Edgar Award


Books:
Europa
Children
Aladdin
February 2026
ISBN 9781665959988
384 pages

Hurricane Heist
Children
Simon and Schuster
September 2025
ISBN 9781665932561
320 pages