Blue Balliett

Author of Chasing Vermeer

19+ Works 9,708 Members 278 Reviews 8 Favorited

About the Author

Blue Balliett was born in New York City in 1955. She received a degree in art history from Brown University. After graduating, she moved to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts and wrote two books of ghost stories. She eventually moved to Chicago and taught third grade at the University of Chicago show more Laboratory Schools. Her first children's book, Chasing Vermeer, won the 2005 Edgar Award in the Best Juvenile category. Her other works include The Wright 3 (2006), The Calder Game (2008), and The Danger Box (2010). (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Petra / Calder Art Mysteries

Hold Fast

The Danger Box

Nantucket Ghosts

Works by Blue Balliett

Popular Recent

Chasing Vermeer (2004) 5,103 copies

The Wright 3 (2006) 2,023 copies

The Calder Game (2008) 1,189 copies

Hold Fast (2013) 530 copies

The Danger Box (2010) 438 copies

Pieces and Players (2015) 201 copies

Out of the Wild Night (2018) 130 copies

The Ghosts of Nantucket: 23 True Accounts (1984) 45 copies

Nantucket Ghosts (2006) 25 copies

Nantucket Hauntings (1990) 13 copies

The Wright 3 and Chasing Vermeer Teaching Resource Kit 2 copies

Das Labyrinth der Wünsche 2 copies

Chasing Vermeer Series (2016) 1 copy

El juego de Calder/ The Calder Game (Spanish Edition) (2011) 1 copy

The Cadler Game 1 copy

Chasing Vermeer Series 4 Books Set 1 copy

Chasing Vermeer by Balliett, Blue [Scholastic Press,2004] (Hardcover) 1 copy

Das Labyrinth der Wünsche 1 copy

EL ENIGMA VERMEER 1 copy

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Associated Works

Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural (2000) — Contributor — 58 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Balliett, Blue
Legal name: Balliett Klein, Elizabeth
Birthdate: 1955
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
New York, New York, USA
Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: Brown University
Occupations: teacher
Organizations: University of Chicago Laboratory School (3rd grade teacher)
Awards and honors: Edgar Award (Best Juvenile, 2005)
Agent: Doe Coover

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Reviews

The Danger Box by Blue Balliett

A good book, but not one of my favorites!

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mjphillips | 12 other reviews | Feb 23, 2024 |

Chasing Vermeer

Adventure

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BooksInMirror | 154 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

This one wasn't for me. I loved the information about Vermeer, but I found it really unsatisfying that the kids used coincidences to solve the mystery.

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epear | 154 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

The mystery started out with such promise. It was going to be a fun historical art history romp, like a kid's version of the DaVinci Code. But no. Instead it was a series of wild dreams and leaps and coincidences that led two 12 years old's to hunt for a stolen painting. I want a mystery to follow logic. LOGIC. Coincidences do not equal a valid mystery plot line. Boo.

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mslibrarynerd | 154 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |

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