Will Osborne is formerly Associate Director of the American Renaissance Theatre in New York. His play SMOKE & MIRRORS, a comic murder mystery
co-authored with Anthony Herrera, has been produced in theatres throughout the
United States, as well as in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Seoul, Korea.
In addition to MAGIC TREE HOUSE, Mr. Osborne's writing for musical
theatre includes SADDLE JAZZ, a Western Swing musical (music
and lyrics by Nick Plakias); THE WONDERFUL O, an adaptation of
the James Thurber novella (with Randy Courts), produced at the West Bank Café
in New York and the Leonard Bernstein Institute in Nashville; MANIFEST
DESTINY, an NEA-funded extravaganza set in 1840s America; and THE
CARDIFF GIANT (also with Randy Courts), currently in development with
British director Joe Harmston. Will has recently completed two multi-media shows
for the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, NC, and, over the years, scripts
for far too many corporate skits, videos, speeches, and training films.
In addition to his theatrical and corporate efforts, Mr. Osborne is also author
of a number of books for children and young adults, including the Magic Tree House
Research Guides series and the bestseller THIRTEEN GHOSTS. Will
is a member of the Dramatists Guild, a founder of The Writers Group in New York,
and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.