Trenton Lee Stewart was born in 1970, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. With his one older sister, he grew up  enjoying literature and even began writing short stories and poems in third grade! He was accepted into Hendrix College and graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in English. He married Sara Beth Estes, had two children, and they live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Fun Facts: 

• Trenton wrote a story that was amazingly similar to some fiction Winston Churchill wrote almost a century earlier.
• Trenton's favourite drink is strong coffee with milk.
• Trenton likes long walks, watching movies, playing chess, and visiting art museums.
• Trenton loved to read The Hobbit when he was a kid.
• Spiderman is Trenton's favourite superhero
• The Mysterious Benedict Society has drawn comparisons to J.K. Rowling and Roald Dahl, been named a Time magazine “Best Young Adult Book of all Time,” and sold over three million copies.

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