6 the Fishy Fountain: A Mystery with Multiplication and Division (Manga Math Mysteries)
Melinda Thielbar is a writer, teacher, statistician, and student of the martial arts.Manga Math Mysteries, includingThe Kung Fu PuzzleandThe Secret Ghost, is her first children's series.In 2005, Melinda left SAS to finish a PhD in statistics. She was awarded a VIGRE fellowship at North Carolina State University. This fellowship is awarded to students likely to make a strong contribution to education in the mathematics and statistics field. Again, Melinda earned a fantastic reputation in the classroom. Her statistics lectures and examples were known for their ability to hold her students' interest--no easy task in a statistics for non-majors class that's held at 8:00am.Melinda lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, writer Richard Dansky, and their three cats. She is currently working on the research portion of her PhD.