Ben M. Baglio

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Ben M. Baglio (born 1960 in New York City, U.S.) is an American author who created the brief for two series of children's books – Dolphin Diaries and Animal Ark. Dolphin Diaries features a girl and her family from Florida, who travel around the world as marine biologists and study dolphins. Animal Ark features Mandy Hope, whose parents are vets; she helps injured animals and solves animal-related mysteries. The books were written by commissioned writers in the Canada under Baglio's instruction and published using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels^[1] in the UK. Each author is named with a "Special Thanks" on the copyright page – see Dolphin in the Deep copyright page for an example.^[2] In the U.S., the books are published under the name of Ben M. Baglio^[3] so this name is effectively both a man born in 1960 and also the collective pseudonym for the group of writers who write the books.

Using his pen name he also wrote the book series The Pet Finders Club, featuring a group of three children who search for people's cute lost pets.