Blue Balliett’s first book, Chasing Vermeer, was a New York Timesbestseller and Edgar Award winner, and won the Chicago TribuneThe Wright 3, was also an immediate New York Times bestseller and international success and was featured on NBC’s Today Show. Her third book about Calder and Petra, The Calder Game, was featured on ABC’sGood Morning America as a "sizzling summer read," and was a Publishers Weekly bestseller. 

In her latest book, The Danger Box, Balliett introduces readers to a new cast of characters, and a new kind of mystery. Balliett says,"The Danger Box is a story set in a very small, very quiet town in Michigan, one that could be almost anywhere in the United States. A worn, red notebook appears, one that might or might not have belonged to one of the most famous and controversial thinkers ever, a person who has been dead for over a hundred years-and whose name is known around the world. Dangerous sparks are struck...and soon a boy, a girl and a way of life are surrounded by flames."

In Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, and The Calder Game, Balliett explored ideas and mystery through the lens of paintings, sculpture, and architecture. With The Danger Box, this engagement continues along other lines. Balliett explains, "Science is filled with as much controversy and as many questions as art. Also, the idea that so-called weaknesses can become strengths-that intrigues me. Are there also times when a physical disability can allow a person to accomplish things that others might not? I think this is an exciting question."

Books by Blue Balliett

Pieces and Players

by Blue Balliett - Adventure, Fiction, Mystery

Hold Fast

by Blue Balliett - Fiction, Mystery

The Danger Box

by Blue Balliett

The Calder Game

written by Blue Balliett, illustrated by Brett Helquist

The Wright 3

written by Blue Balliett, illustrated by Brett Helquist

Chasing Vermeer

written by Blue Balliett, illustrated by Brett Helquist