Amazing Authors
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
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
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
• Driver’s Ed
• Code Orange
• Mummy
• Freeze Tag
• Burning Up
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
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
children’s books, such
as The Million Dollar
Putt, Casey Back at
Bat, and Abner and
Me.
Margret Peterson Haddix
• Started off as a
reporter or journalist.
• Loved to read during
childhood.
• Graduated from
Miami University of
Ohio.
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Books by Haddix:
Running out of Time
Double Identity
Among the Hidden
Just Ella
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.
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Books by Hobbs:
Go Big or Go Home
The Maze
Downriver
Ghost Canoe
Howling Hill
Beardream
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.
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Books by Lowry:
Anastasia Absolutely
Zooman Sam
Switcharound
The Giver
Gooney Bird Greene
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
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
• Preacher’s Boy
• The Same Stuff as
Stars
Gary Paulsen
• Born May 17th, 1939
• Attended Bemidji
College in Minnesota.
• Written more than
175 books and 200
articles and short
stories
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Hatchet
Dogsong
The Winter Room
Brian’s winter
Jerry Spinelli
• Grew up in
Norristown, Penn.
• His book, Maniac
Magee, won the
Newberry Medal as
well as his book
Wringer.
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Books By Spinnelli:
Crash
Maniac Magee
Knots in My Yo-Yo
String
• My Daddy and Me
• Blue Ribbon Blues
• Stargirl
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
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-theMoon Marigolds
• My Darling, My
Hamburger
• Confessions of a
Teenage Baboon.
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.
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He has written:
Dragonwings
Child of the Owl
Liar Liar
The Rainbow People
Later Gator
Monster Makers Inc.
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.
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Books by White:
The City Rose
Sweet Creek Holler
Weeping Willow
Belle Prater’s Boy
Patricia Reilly Giff
• She has won two
Newberry Medal
awards for the book
Lily’s Crossing and
Hollis Woods.
• She earned a B.A.
degree from
Marymount College
and a M.A. from St.
John’s University.
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She has written:
A house of tailors
Lily’s Crossing
Water Street
Fourth-Grade
Celebrity
• Maggie’s door
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.
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.
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Books by Horowitz:
The Power of Five
Alex Rider
Diamond Brothers
The Skeleton Key
Evil Star
Eagle strike
Stormbreaker
Avi
Andrew
Clements
Caroline
Cooney
Will Hobbs
Dan Gutman
Lois Lowry
Katherine Paterson
Jerry Spinelli
Gary Paulsen
Mildred Taylor
Lawrence Yep
Paul Zindel
Anthony Horowitz
Patricia Reilly Giff
Ruth White