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((Short description|American writer))
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| birth_date  = March 9, 1936
| birth_place = [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_date  = ((Death date and age|2014|11|9|1936|3|9|mf=yes))
| death_place = [[Warren, Vermont]], U.S.
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = [[Williams College]], [[Yale University]], [[New York University]]
| partner = [[Shannon Gilligan]], Constance Cappel
| other_names = R.A. Montgomery
| occupation  = Author
| known_for   = ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]''
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'''Raymond Almiran Montgomery Jr.'''<ref name=RIF>[http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/bookzone/content/montgomery.mspx Reading Is Fundamental | Reading Planet | Book Zone | Meet the Authors and Illustrators<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020001259/http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/bookzone/content/montgomery.mspx |date=October 20, 2007 ))</ref> (March 9, 1936 – November 9, 2014) was an American author and key figure in the ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' interactive children's book series.

==Early and personal life==
Montgomery was born in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] on March 9, 1936.<ref name="SFE 2014-11-16">((cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/montgomery_r_a|title=Authors : Montgomery, R A : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia|date=16 November 2014|publisher=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]|accessdate=17 November 2014))</ref><ref name="ISFDB 2014">((cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?5176|title=R. A. Montgomery - Summary Bibliography|year=2014|publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]|accessdate=17 November 2014))</ref> Montgomery graduated from [[Williams College]]<ref name="williamsmarr1">(June 17, 1962) [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB081EFF3B551A7B93C5A8178DD85F468685F9 Constance Cappel Is Married To Raymond Montgomery Jr.], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> and attended [[graduate school]] at [[Yale University]] and [[New York University]].

On November 9, 2014, Montgomery died at his home in [[Warren, Vermont]].<ref>((cite web|title=R. A. Montgomery 1936 - 2014|url=http://www.cyoa.com/pages/r-a-montgomery-1936-2014|work=cyoa.com))</ref><ref name=obit/><ref name="nytimesobit">Slotnik, Daniel E. (20 November 2014). [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/business/ra-montgomery-publisher-of-the-choose-your-own-adventure-series-dies-at-78-.html R.A. Montgomery, 78, Dies; Published Choose Your Own Adventure Series], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref>

==Career==
Montgomery was an author who contributed many books to the ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' series, created in the late 1970s, based on a book manuscript written by [[Edward Packard (writer)|Edward Packard]] and submitted to Montgomery's publishing company.<ref>((Cite news|last=Slotnik|first=Daniel E.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/business/ra-montgomery-publisher-of-the-choose-your-own-adventure-series-dies-at-78-.html|title=R.A. Montgomery, 78, Dies; Published Choose Your Own Adventure Series|date=2014-11-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331))</ref> He and his former wife, Constance Cappel,<ref name="williamsmarr1"/> published four books at Vermont Crossroads Press that would later be included in the Bantam "Choose" series (''The Cave of Time'', ''Journey Under the Sea'', ''By Balloon to the Sahara'', and ''Space and Beyond''). Montgomery penned more than 50 books for this series and its various offspring, including books in a series for younger readers.

The ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' series published 184 titles through [[Bantam Books]] between 1979 and 1998, including many by Montgomery himself and several by his sons Ramsey and Anson. It was one of the most popular children's series of all time, with over 250 million books in print.<ref name=obit>((cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/14/choose-your-own-adventure-author-ra-montgomery-dies|title='Choose Your Own Adventure' author R.A. Montgomery dies|publisher=torontosun.com|date=November 14, 2014))</ref>

Montgomery and partner [[Shannon Gilligan]] reissued some books of the initial "Choose" series through [[Chooseco]] LLC, in [[Waitsfield, Vermont]]. The re-release was featured in the ''[[LA Times]]'' and ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine, and an electronic version of the first book in the relaunch, ''The Abominable Snowman'', was available as an interactive download for [[iPod]].  Montgomery said that he wanted to travel and encourage culturally distinct ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' books from writers and illustrators in all parts of the world.<ref name=RIF/>

== Other projects ==
* A six book non-interactive series for young adult readers entitled ''Trio''
* A CD-ROM, ''Beyond the Wall of Stars''
* Windows/Mac software, ''Comic Creator'' (1995)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cyoa.com  The ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' Website]
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