Edward Packard

Edward Packard is an American author best known as the creator of the Choose Your Own Adventure book concept and the author of more than 50 books in the series. Born in Huntington, New York, he studied at Princeton and Columbia Law School, worked as a lawyer, and later became a full-time writer.[1][2]

Huntington, New York, USA Feb 16, 1931 Wikipedia Website
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