Amazing Authors

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Amazing Authors
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Avi

• Avi had a disability called dysgraphia which
  makes writing difficult.
  
• With the help from a tutor Avi overcame his
  weakness and today is a prize winning author.

• Some books by Avi are
• The true Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
• Nothing but the Truth
• What do Fish have to do With Anything
• Wolf Rider

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Andrew Clements

• Born in 1949
• Started his career by writing picture books
• Started on his first book in 1990, Frindle

• Books by Andrew Clements
• The Last Holiday Concert
• Lunch Money
• No Talking
• Frindle
• Things Hoped For
• The School Story

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Caroline Cooney

• An passionate reader
• Some of her favorite books Sword of the
  Wilderness and the Hardy Boys Series
  
• She has written over 60 books
• Her first book was Safe as the Grave

• More books by Cooney
• Among Friends
• Drivers Ed
• Code Orange
• Mummy
• Freeze Tag
• Burning Up

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Susan Cooper

• Writes newspaper articles, books for children and
  adults, screenplays for TV and a Broadway play.
  
• Born in May, 1935
• First novel was Mandrake

• Books by Susan Cooper
• The Dark is Rising
• The Boggart
• The Grey King
• King of Shadows
• Greenwitch
• Silver on the Tree
• Victory

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Dan Gutman

• Born in New York City, on October 19, 1955.
• Graduated in 1977 from Rutgers University.
• Began writing humorous essays.

• Is the author of many childrens books, such as
  The Million Dollar Putt, Casey Back at Bat, and
  Abner and Me.
  

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Margret Peterson Haddix

• Started off as a reporter or journalist.
• Loved to read during childhood.
• Graduated from Miami University of Ohio.

• Books by Haddix
• Running out of Time
• Double Identity
• Among the Hidden
• Just Ella

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Will Hobbs

• Graduated from Stanford University.
• His stories come from his life experiences.
• He has wrote 17 novels for upper elementary,
  middle school, and young adult readers.

• Books by Hobbs
• Go Big or Go Home
• The Maze
• Downriver
• Ghost Canoe
• Howling Hill
• Beardream

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Lois Lowry

• Graduated from Brown University. (in Rhode
  Island)
  
• Most of her books are themed with the idea of the
  importance of human connections.
  
• She usually writes books for children.

• Books by Lowry
• Anastasia Absolutely
• Zooman Sam
• Switcharound
• The Giver
• Gooney Bird Greene

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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

• Born January 4th, 1933
• Won the Newberry Award for her book Shiloh.
• Lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

• Books she has written
• Shiloh
• Alice in between
• The girls get even
• Sang spell
• Ice
• Being

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Katherine Paterson

• Graduated from King College in Bristol,
  Tennessee
  
• Born in Qing Jiang, China
• Her book Bridge to Terabithia, won the Newbery
  Medal.
  

• Author of
• The Bridge to Terabithia
• Jacob Have I Loved
• Lyddie
• Preachers Boy
• The Same Stuff as Stars

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Gary Paulsen

• Born May 17th, 1939
• Attended Bemidji College in Minnesota.
• Written more than 175 books and 200 articles and
  short stories

• He has written
• Hatchet
• Dogsong
• The Winter Room
• Brians winter

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Jerry Spinelli

• Grew up in Norristown, Penn.
• His book, Maniac Magee, won the Newberry Medal as
  well as his book Wringer.
  

• Books By Spinnelli
• Crash
• Maniac Magee
• Knots in My Yo-Yo String
• My Daddy and Me
• Blue Ribbon Blues
• Stargirl

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Mildred Taylor

• Born in Jackson, Mississippi on September 13th,
  1943
  
• She attended college in Toledo, Ohio and the
  University of Colorado
  
• In 1997, she won the ALAN award.

• She has written
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• Let the Circle Be Unbroken
• The Road to Memphis
• Song of the Trees

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Paul Zindel

• Went to Wagner College and majored in chemistry.
• His first novel was the Pigman.
• In high school, he wrote his first play.

• Books by Zindel
• Loch
• The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
  Marigolds
  
• My Darling, My Hamburger
• Confessions of a Teenage Baboon.

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Lawrence Yep

• Was born in San Francisco, 1948
• He won the Newberry Medal award for the book,
  Dragonwing.
  
• He grew up on the Monterey Peninsula in
  California.
  

• He has written
• Dragonwings
• Child of the Owl
• Liar Liar
• The Rainbow People
• Later Gator
• Monster Makers Inc.

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Ruth White

• Born in 1942
• Grew up in Whitewood, Virginia
• Won the Newberry Honor medal in 1977
• Attended Montreal Anderson College, Pfeiffer
  College and Queens College.

• Books by White
• The City Rose
• Sweet Creek Holler
• Weeping Willow
• Belle Praters Boy

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Patricia Reilly Giff

• She has won two Newberry Medal awards for the
  book Lilys Crossing and Hollis Woods.
  
• She earned a B.A. degree from Marymount College
  and a M.A. from St. Johns University.
  

• She has written
• A house of tailors
• Lilys Crossing
• Water Street
• Fourth-Grade Celebrity
• Maggies door

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Jack Gantos

• He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
• As a child, he was in the Bluebird reading
  group.
  
• He published his first book (Rotten Ralph) in
  1976, while in college.

• Books by Gantos
• The Jack Henry books
• The Joey Pigza books
• The Rotten Ralph Books
• Hole in my Life
• Desire Lines
• The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs.

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Anthony Horowitz

• Born in 1956 in Stanmore
• He wrote his first book at the age of 23.
• Most of his books are based on murder.
• He attended Orley Farm Prep School.

• Books by Horowitz
• The Power of Five
• Alex Rider
• Diamond Brothers
• The Skeleton Key
• Evil Star
• Eagle strike
• Stormbreaker

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Avi
Andrew Clements
Caroline Cooney
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Will Hobbs
Dan Gutman
Lois Lowry
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Katherine Paterson
Jerry Spinelli
Gary Paulsen
Mildred Taylor
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Lawrence Yep
Paul Zindel

Anthony Horowitz
Patricia Reilly Giff
Ruth White