Rob Buyea

Rob Buyea is an American author of children's fiction, best known for the Mr. Terupt series, which begins with Because of Mr. Terupt. That first novel follows seven mismatched fifth-graders and the teacher who reaches each of them, until a winter accident forces the class to face loss. In 2011 it won the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Buyea also wrote Mr. Terupt Falls Again and The Perfect Score, and he is now a full-time author after earning degrees in biology and education at Syracuse University.