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R. A. Montgomery, who conned critics into believing his crippling indecisiveness was a strategy to foster creativity and decision-making skills in children, has died at the age of 78. A graduate of The College of Middle Earth, Montgomery started the Choose Your Own Adventure series in 1977 with Vermont Crossroads Press before moving to the little mom and pop operation at Bantam Books where he wrote more than 50 in the Choose series, which has produced more than 250 million books.