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'''Zilpha Keatley Snyder''' ([[1927]] –) is an acclaimed [[List of children's literature authors|author]] of [[children's literature|books for children]] and [[young adult literature|young adults]]. Snyder was awarded three [[Newbery Honor]] Book awards for ''The Egypt Game'', ''[[The Headless Cupid]]'' and ''The Witches of Worm''. Since 1964, Snyder has completed 43 books.

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'''Mo Rocca''' (born '''Maurice Alberto Rocca''' on [[January 28]], [[1969]] in [[Washington, DC]]) is an [[United States|American]] writer, comedian, and political satirist. Rocca is best known for his work as a correspondent from [[1998]] to [[2003]] on [[Comedy Central]]'s popular satirical news program, ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''.

==Bibliography==

===Stanley Family Series===

*''The Headless Cupid'' (1971)

*''The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case'' (1979)

*''Blair's Nightmare'' (1984)

*''Janie's Private Eyes'' (1989)

===Green Sky Series===

*''Below the Root'' (1975)

*''And All Between'' (1976)

*''Until the Celebration'' (1977)

===Castle Court Series===

*''The Box and the Bone'' (1995)

*''The Diamond War'' (1995)

*''Ghost Invasion'' (1995)

*''Secret Weapons'' (1995)

Alexis danger (2001)

==Early life and work==

===Novels===

Rocca attended [[Georgetown Preparatory School]], the Jesuit boys school in [[North Bethesda, Maryland]] and later went on to graduate from [[Harvard University]] in [[1991]] with a [[B.A.]] in [[literature]]. He served as president of Harvard's [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]]. Later, he worked as a writer and producer for the children's television series ''[[Wishbone (TV series)|Wishbone]]'' (1995), ''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]'' (1996) and ''[[Pepper Ann]]'' (1997), and also as a consulting editor to the men's magazine ''[[Perfect 10]]''.

*''Season of Ponies'' (1964)

*''Velvet Room'' (1965)

==Career==

*''Black and Blue Magic'' (1966)

Rocca is a regular panelist on [[NPR]]'s ''[[Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!]]'' and is a celebrity commentator on [[VH1]]'s ''[[I Love The|I Love The...]]'' shows: ''[[I Love the 80s]]'', ''[[I Love the 70s]]'', ''[[I Love the 70s Volume 2]]'', ''[[I Love the 80s Strikes Back]]'', ''[[I Love the 80s 3-D]]'', ''[[I Love the 90s]]'', ''[[I Love the 90s: Part Deux]]'', ''[[I Love Toys]]'', and ''[[I Love the Holidays]]''. The series officially stated his occupation as "media gadfly" for one of its incarnations, and noted his physical resemblance to the [[children's book]] character [[Where's Waldo?|Waldo]] in another. He was the host of ''Things I Hate About You'' on [[Bravo (television network)|Bravo]]. Rocca is also a regular correspondent for ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' and has been a celebrity judge on the Food Network's ''[[Iron Chef America]]'' where he frequently tells jokes, such as claiming a dish is "McDelicious."

*''The Egypt Game'' (1967)

*''Eyes in the Fishbowl'' (1968)

Rocca was an on-the-floor correspondent for [[Larry King]] on [[CNN]] at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]], which he called an "[[Barack Obama|Obamarama]]." Though occasionally making straight insights and political comments, Rocca's irrelevant and irreverent statements were a humorous contrast to King's more staid politician and pundit guests. Rocca characterized [[Teresa Heinz Kerry]] as the "Siren of the Serengeti," and expressed affinity with the statement by keynote speaker, [[Barack Obama]], about the pains of growing up as a skinny boy with a funny name. During his report to King from the convention floor alongside the [[Pennsylvania delegates]], he exclaimed "Everybody's talking Teresa, Teresa, Teresa!" Rocca spent a good deal of his time with the Convention delegates from [[American Samoa]]. He returned as a correspondent for the [[2004 Republican National Convention]].

*''Today Is Saturday'' (1969)

*''The Changeling'' (1970)

Rocca is the author of the ''All the Presidents' Pets: The Inside Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over.''

*''The Witches of Worm'' (1972)

*''The Princess and the Giants'' (1973)

He was the host of ''Whoa! Sunday'' which premiered in 2005 on [[Animal Planet]].

*''The Truth About Stone Hollow'' (1974)

*''Witch in the Family'' (1977)

He is a regular judge on the [[Food Network]]'s ''[[Iron Chef America]]''.

*''The Ghosts of Stone Hollow'' (1978)

*''Heirs of Darkness'' (1978)

He has recently begun satirical commentary on ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]''.

*''A Fabulous Creature'' (1981)

*''The Birds of Summer'' (1983)

Rocca is a contributor to the [[Huffington Post]].

*''The Changing Maze'' (1983)

*''And Condors Danced'' (1987)

Rocca now hosts ''[[The Mo Rocca Show]]'' on [[Sirius Satellite Radio]].

*''Song of the Gargoyle'' (1990)

*''Libby on Wednesday'' (1991)

Rocca also contributes to AOL Newsbloggers<ref>[http://newsbloggers.aol.com/bloggers/mo-rocca '''Mo Rocca 180&deg;''': Only Half as Tedious as the Regular News]</ref>.

*''Fool's Gold'' (1993)

*''Cat Running'' (1994)

Starting April 17, Rocca will play the role of Vice Principal Douglas Panch in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]''.

*''The Trespassers'' (1995)

*''The Gypsy Game'' (1997)

==References==

*''The Gypsy Game Teacher's Guide'' (1998)

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*''Gib Rides Home'' (1998)

*''The Runaways'' (1999)

*''Gib and the Gray Ghost'' (2000)

*''Spyhole Secrets'' (2001)

*''The Ghosts of Rathburn Park'' (2002)

*''The Unseen'' (2004)

*''The Magic Nation Thing'' (2005)

==Other works==

*Snyder was heavily involved in ''[[Below the Root]]'', a 1984 computer game that is set in the Green Sky universe after the events of ''Until the Celebration''. She worked with programmer [[Dale Disharoon]] on several aspects of the game, including the map and characters. {{ref|ComputerGame}}

==Notes==

#{{Note|ComputerGame}} [http://files.the-underdogs.org//games/b/broot/files/root.txt Instruction manual for ''Below the Root'' ]

==External links==

*{{imdb name|id=0733618|name=Mo Rocca}}

*[http://www.zksnyder.com/ Zilpha Keatley Snyder homepage]

*{{tvtome person|id=117969|name=Mo Rocca}}

*[http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid285076654/bclid290736373/bctid307737243 Mo Rocca Interview on LX.TV]

*[http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/10342 TheaterMania.com article on Spelling Bee]

*[http://newsbloggers.aol.com/bloggers/mo-rocca/ Mo Rocca's Blog]

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