Roger Garis

Roger (Carroll) Garis, ((1901-09-10)September 10, 1901 – September 30, 1967(1967-09-30)) was an American author known as a writer for magazines and the author of The Outboard Boys series of books. Roger also wrote several books under pseudonyms for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, as his parents did (see My Father Was Uncle Wiggily for further details).

Garis was born in Newark, New Jersey and attended Princeton University and Columbia University, but received his law degree from New Jersey Law School. In addition to his writing of books for children and adults, he contributed to the Waterbury, Connecticut Republican and wrote for the stage and for television.

His father, Howard Garis, and his mother, Lilian C. Garis, were very popular authors in their day writing hundreds of books under their own names, as well as pseudonyms. Roger's sister, Cleo F., also wrote a 3 book series concurrently with his Outboard Boys series. Roger Garis' daughter, Leslie Garis wrote a memoir of the family, The House of Happy Endings (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007).