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Kerrigan Luna

Gordon Korman (1963-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Writings, Adapta... - 7 views

    • Kerrigan Luna
       
      this is good info
  • Writers Union of Canada, Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, Society of Children's Book Writers.
  • Korman's books have been translated into French, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Chinese.
    • Tuffer Jordan
       
      I used this.
    • Kerrigan Luna
       
      Ok man
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  • Education: New York University, B.F.A., 1985.
    • Tuffer Jordan
       
      That's awesome.
  • Macdonald Hall Goes Hollywood
  • Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall,
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  • Exchange
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  • Quarterback Exchange: I Was John Elway
  • Running Back Conversion: I Was Barry Sanders
  • The Super Bowl Switch: I Was Dan Marino
  • Heavy Artillery: I Was Junior Seau
  • Ultimate Scoring Machine: I Was Jerry Rice
  • NFL Rules: Bloopers, Pranks, Upsets, and Touchdowns
  • Nose Pickers from Outer Space!
  • Planet of the Nose Pickers
  • Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker
  • Invasion of the Nose Pickers
  • The Ultimate Nose-Picker Collection
  • Stars from Mars
  • All-Mars All-Stars
  • The Face-Off Phony
  • Cup Crazy
  • Shipwreck
  • Survival
  • Escape
  • The Discovery
  • The Deep
  • The Danger
  • Chasing the Falconers
  • The Fugitive Factor
  • Now You See Them, Now You Don't
  • The Stowaway Solution
  • Public Enemies
  • Hunting the Hunter
  • Who Is Bugs Potter?
  • I Want to Go Home!
  • Our Man Weston
  • Bugs Potter: Live at Nickaninny
  • No Coins, Please
  • Don't Care High
  • Son of Interflux
  • A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag
  • Radio Fifth Grade
  • Losing Joe's Place
  • The D-minus Poems of Jeremy Bloom
  • The Twinkie Squad
  • Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road
  • The Chicken Doesn't Skate
  • The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom
  • Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
  • The Sixth-Grade Nickname Game
  • No More Dead Dogs
  • Son of the Mob
  • Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America
  • Jake Reinvented
  • Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle
  • Born to Rock
  • Gordon Korman (1963–) Biography - P
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    awesome
Ben Lews

Biography - About Me: The Online World of Rick Riordan - 0 views

    • Ben Lews
       
      This has good info, things I have never known about. I have never heard of him.
    • justin creed
       
      real good info
  • Born: June 5, 1964
  • The first story I submitted for publication was when I was 13.
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  • won third place in state for UIL feature writing.
  • Graduated with a double major in English and history.
  • I like to read, swim, play guitar, and travel with my family.
  • I live with my wife and two sons, Haley and Patrick
  • one dog
  • Place of Birth: San Antonio, TX
    • Nathanael Nix
       
      Well, just to tell you Rick Riordan is an amazing author (if I do say so myself)!
  • and two black cats
  • The first book I remember reading for fun was the Lord of the Rings.
  • . I read mostly fantasy and science fiction in high school, then got interested in mysteries when I got to college.
  • I taught mythology almost every year that I was a teacher. It was always my favorite thing, and the students always liked it, too!
  • Work experience: When I was in college, I worked for three years as the music director at a summer camp, Camp Capers. This is where I got the idea for Camp Half-Blood
  • It wasn’t published.
  • I taught at Saint Mary’s Hall (English and social studies, grades 6-8) for six years, then stopped teaching to become a full-time writer.
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    good information on rick riordan
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    cool
Trey Mcintyre

Garth Nix biography, books, interviews and reviews on Fantasy Book Review - 0 views

    • Nicole Hicks
       
      I have never read any of his books, but I have heard they are GREAT!
  • However, in 2002, Nix once more became a full-time writer.
  • His books are published around the world and have been translated into 36 languages.
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    • Trey Mcintyre
       
      that's allot of information.
  • and spent his childhood in
  • Before attended the University of Canberra from 1984-1986 he spent time travelling in the UK. Emerging in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in professional writing, Nix soon became heavily involved in the publishing industry after moving to Sydney, working his way up the corporate ladder until finally becoming a senior editor in 1991 with HarperCollins Australia.
  • He left to travel through Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia in 1993, returning to work in 1994 with an IT public relations and marketing firm which in 1996 led to him co-founding PR firm Gotley Nix Evans Pty Ltd. In 1999 he joined Curtis Brown, an Australian literary agency, as a part-time agent after a stint as a full-time writer in 1998.
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    This is a website of Garth Nix that has some history about him!
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    That's a lot of languages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
De Anna Jo Powell

blschutz11 - Lurlene McDaniel Biography - 0 views

  • Three of McDaniel’s books have been selected by children as IRACBC Children’s Choices. Those books are “Somewhere Between Life and Death, Too Young to Die, and Goodbye Doesn’t Mean Forever.” Her other novel “Six Months to Live” has been places in a literary time capsule at the Library of Congress. She also is a recipient of the RITA Award.
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    Good information
De Anna Jo Powell

kellymehok - Lurlene McDaniel biography - 0 views

  • She has won multiple RITA awards for numerous books, and three different children’s awards. She also has a Nobel Prize in literature and has some of the top books on Oparhs list. Her book “Six Months to Live” has been placed in the literary time capsule in the library of congress that will be opened in 2089.
  • Lurlene says she still loves writing and will continue to write till she no longer can. Last summer was her newest release of “Breathless”. Her first book was “a horse for Mandy” her writing style is still the same and is too encourage teens threw the worst situations and to bring hope and inspire the young.
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    The information is really good
Ben Lews

Rick Riordan Biography. - 0 views

    • Ben Lews
       
      Good information
  • American born author Rick Riordan has thrilled thousands of readers of several genres with his many books. He recalls his favorite childhood book, Lord of the Rings, His love for the written word became even more apparent during his high school years where he was editor of the school paper.
  • He caused a stir when he published an «underground» newspaper that poked fun at the school and the staff, but t
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  • attend the University of Texas at Austin and graduating with a double major in English and history.
  • he biggest stir was created with his unabashed bashing of the football team and their ongoing inability to win more than a few games in any given season. (He quips that the team retaliated by egging his car on a few occasions.)
  • His books appeal to many different generations, ranging from young to old.
  • His novels all seem to grab the readers from the first few pages, transporting them into the worlds his colorful characters live in with ease.
Ben Lews

Rick Riordan BIOGRAPHY & FUN FACTS | Composers Cave - 0 views

    • Ben Lews
       
      Fun Facts, good info
  • FUN FACTS 
  • 39 Clues series
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  • The Maze of Bones.
  • The Kane Chronicles (based on Egyptian mythology
  • The Heroes of Olympus
  • For 15 years, Riordan taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas.
  •  Now a full-time writer
  • lives in Texas with his wife, their two sons (Haley and Patrick), one golden lab mix, and two black ca
  • ~ His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the mystery genre - the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus.
  • ~ Before he wrote the Percy Jackson series, Rick Riordan had already published
  •  the award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.
  • ~ In high school, Riordan wrote an underground newspaper that made fun of his school, especially the losing football team (who then egged his car). ~ Riordan once wanted to become a guitar player, and even enrolled at North Texas State to study guitar.
  • ~ He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in English and history.
  • ~ The first book he remembers reading for fun is Lord of the Rings
  • ~ While he was in college, Riordan worked as the MUSIC DIRECTOR at a summer camp called Camp Capers. (That's where he got the idea for Camp Half-Blood.)
  • ~ In his spare time, Riordan likes to read, play guitar, swim, play video games with his sons, and travel with his family.
  • Rick Riordan (b. June 5, 1964) is the author of the New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
  • ~ In 2002, Saint Mary's Hall honored Riordan with the school's first Master Teacher Award.
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katie daniels

Welcome to the Official Site of Sharon Draper - 1 views

  • She has been honored at the White House six times, and was chosen as one of only four authors in the country to speak at the National Book Festival Gala in Washington, D.C, and to represent the United States in Moscow at their Book Festival. Her book Copper Sun has been selected by the US State Department and the International Reading Association as the United States novel for the international reading project called Reading Across Continents. Students in the US, Nigeria, and Ghana are reading the book and sharing ideas-a true intercontinental, cross-cultural experience
    • katie daniels
       
      im reading darkness before dawn and its soooooooooo good i LUV IT!!!
    • katie daniels
       
      i have never read any of your books but i have heard so much about her and cant wait to read them
  • In 2009 she received the Doctor of Laws Degree from Pepperdine University.
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  • of the Year, is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scot King Literary Award, and is a New York Times bestselling author.
  • She is a YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, and is the recipient of the Dean's Award from Howard University School of Education, the Pepperdine University Distinguished Alumnus Award, the Marva Collins Education Excellence Award, and the Governor's Educational Leadership Award.
  • She has been honored as the National Teacher
  • t the White House six times, and was chosen as one of only four authors in the country to speak at the National Book Festival Gala in Washington, D.C, and to represent the United States in Moscow at their Book Festival. Her book Coppe
  • Actively involved in encouraging and motivating all teachers and their students as well, she has worked all over the United States, as well as in Russia, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bermuda, and Guam, spreading the word about the power of accomplished teaching and excellence in education
  • Her literary recognition began when, as a challenge from one of her students, she entered and won first prize in a literary contest, for which she was awarded $5000 and the publication of her short story, "One Small Torch." She has published numerous poems, articles, and short stories in a variety of literary journals. She is the published author of numerous articles, stories, and poems
    • katie daniels
       
      Sharon Draper seems like a pretty good author
  • Tears of a Tiger has received numerous awards, including the American Library Association/Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for an outstanding new book, and was also honored as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. It has been recognized as one of the best of the year by the Children's Book Council, the New York City Library, Bank Street College, and the National Council for Social Studies. It was also named as Best of the Best by VOYA and the American Library Association as one of the top 100 books for young adults.
    • katie daniels
       
      wow i would have never known that!!!
  • I'm a creator, a visionary, a poet. I approach the world with the eyes of an artist, the ears of a musician, and the soul of a writer. I see rainbows where others see only rain, and possibilities when others see only problems.
  • I love spring flowers, summer's heat on my body, and the beauty of the dying leaves in the fall. Classical music, art museums, and ballet are sources of inspiration, as well as blues music and dim cafes.
    • katie daniels
       
      that's cool!!!
  • along on my journey
  • I love to write; words flow easily from my fingertips, and my heart beats rapidly with excitement as an idea becomes a reality on the paper in front of me. I smile often, laugh easily, and I weep at pain and cruelty. I'm a learner and a seeker of knowledge, and I try to take my readers
  • I am passionate about what I do.
    • katie daniels
       
      wow
  • I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me.
    • katie daniels
       
      good for her
    • katie daniels
       
      lol
  • Forged by Fire , the sequel to Tears of a Tiger, is the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award winner, as well as the winner of the ALA BEST Book Award and the Parent's Choice Award and the Indiana Young Hoosier Award.
  • Darkness Before Dawn, the third book in the trilogy, is an ALA Top Ten Quick Pick, and has received the Children's Choice Award from the International Reading Association and received the Buckeye Book Award for 2005, and was named an IRA Young Adult Choice for 2003.
  • Hoosier Award.
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    Sharon drapers website.
katie daniels

Sharon Draper Biography - life, family, children, parents, story, history, school, youn... - 0 views

    • Jessi Bennett
       
      Sharon Draper was considered a "book worm" before she started school.
  • In 1994 the dedicated teacher became an author, releasing her first children's book, Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs.
    • katie daniels
       
      dang!!!
  • In 1997 she received the highest honor an educator can be given
    • katie daniels
       
      totally awesome
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  • For thirty years Sharon Draper was an English teacher in the Cincinnati, Ohio, public school
    • katie daniels
       
      that seems awesome I gotta read one of her book
  • Sharon Draper credits her parents for introducing her to the world of books.
  • born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Draper enrolled at Pepperdine University, located in Malibu, California. In 1971, when she was just twenty years old, Draper graduated with a degree in English. Pepperdine offered her a teaching position while she pursued a master's degree, but Draper chose to return to Ohio where she enrolled at Miami University of Ohio. She earned a master's degree in 1974.
  • Draper earned a reputation as a no-nonsense educator who challenged her students to the limit.
    • Alana Pearce
       
      This is a cool fact.
  • read, so I started writing for them myself."
  • instilling her love of reading and writing in generations of children, and inspiring them to reach for their greatest dreams
  • As a result Draper became a spokesperson for the teaching profession,
  • Draper's most recent young adult novel, The Battle of Jericho (2003), was named the Core
  • tta Scott
  • King Honor Book of 2004.
  • ince then she has penned numerous books gea
  • red toward children and young adults; Draper is also a poet and nonfiction writer.
  • classroom
  • crisscrossing the globe to talk about the importance
  • of excellence in the
  • system
  • when President Bill Clinton (1946–) named her the U.S. Teacher of the Year
  • "When I was a little girl, my parents saw me, and my brother and sister, as one of those bright flames of possibility.
  • "When I was a little girl, my parents saw me, and my brother and sister, as one of those bright flames of possibility.
  • Victor and Cath
  • Cleveland Plain Deale
  • " I write because I care about young people. I write because I teach."
  • introduced them to classic literature, art, and music. "She was one of the first teachers," Draper recalled, "who taught me to read analytically, to think critically, and to speak fearlessly."
  • Draper breezed through high school, taking advanced and honors courses, and graduated a National Merit Scholar. National Merit Scholarships are awarded each year to a handful of students who achieve excellence on the college placement examination, the SAT. With scholarship in hand
  • . "As a child, I taught my dolls, my dogs, and the kids next door." She singles out
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    Tells where she was born and what she to become an author.
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    Sharon Draper's education.
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    Sharon Draper biography. Author and teacher.
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    Good information! :)
Morgan Pearson

Meg Cabot Biography - life, children, parents, name, story, school, mother, young, book - 2 views

    • Morgan Pearson
       
      I have only read one of Meg Cabot's books and it was one of the best I have ever read!
  • February 1, 1967 • Bloomington, Indiana
  • by early 2006 she had published forty-four works of fiction
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  • In 2000, however, Cabot hit the jackpot when she penned The Princess Diaries, a young adult novel that quickly caught on with readers primarily because the wryly humorous author was able to accurately capture "teen-speak."
  • In 1997, at the age of thirty, a dejected Meg Cabot was ready to throw in the towel as a writer. Less than a decade later she had become one of the most well-known YA authors in America.
  • Cabot writes in her pajamas in two homes: one located in New York City, the other in Key West, Florida. She shares both homes with her husband, Ben, a poet and financial marketer, and their one-eyed cat, Henrietta.
donovan butler

Garth Nix Biography - 2 views

    • Trey Mcintyre
       
      I have not read any of his books, but people have said it was GREAT!
  • Australian writer Garth Nix wa
    • Nathanael Nix
       
      Garth Nix is a pretty talented writer with some amazing skills, plus he has a least THREE book series!!
  • "My mother was reading The Lord of the Rings when she was pregnant with me,"
cody dillingham

Harry Mazer (1925-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Wri... - 0 views

    • Chad Amico
       
      This has good information about him. I have never heard of him though. I'll pick one up sometime
  • Born 1925, in New York,
  • Union College, B.A., 1948; Syracuse
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  • University, M.A., 1960.
  • New York Central Railroad, brake man and switchtender, 1950–55
  • Central Square, NY, English teacher, 1959–60
  • Military service: U.S. Army Air Force, 1943–45; became sergeant; received Purple Heart and Air Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters.
  • Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
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    He worked at the Central Sqare, NY, English teacher,1959-1960 . Then went through the Air Force.
Katie Gatliff

Lisi Harrison biography - True Knowledge - 0 views

    • Katie Gatliff
       
      i have never read any of her books.
  • She wrote Revenge of the Wannabes, The Clique, Best Friends for Never and Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, among other things.
  • Lisi Harrison was born in Toronto on January 20th 1975
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    I am reading some right now, and I don't think you would like them
Trey Mcintyre

Garth Nix .net - Biography, Pictures, Videos, & Quotes - 0 views

    • Trey Mcintyre
       
      i thought it was cool cause he got a golden duck award in the same year i was born. (1999)
  • Garth Nix was born on 19th July 1963 in the Melbourne city of Australia
  • From 1984 to 1986 Garth attended the University of Canberra to study for Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of professional writing.
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  • Garth Nix along with these jobs worked as a part time soldier for four years in Assault Pioneer platoon a division of Australian Army.
  • Garth Nix is currently living with his family in Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia and is busy in his writing profession.
  • In the year 1999 he was honored by the Golden Duck Awards for his contribution to Children's Science Fiction of Australia.
  • Garth Nix is among the authors whose books have got the recognition of bestseller.
  • Garth Nix married Anna in April 2000
  • Together they had two sons Thomas and Edward Nix.
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    good info
Payton Carr

Author Biography - 0 views

    • jacob sullivan
       
      good info
  • Gary Paulsen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a few months before World War II began to sweep across Europe
    • jacob sullivan
       
      good info
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  • Gary and his mother witnessed a plane crash into the sea—and watched in horror as the passengers were torn apart by sharks.
  • walked into a library to warm up. He walked out with a library card and a book—and the beginning of a lifelong love of reading.
Trey Mcintyre

Amazon.com: Garth Nix: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle - 0 views

    • Trey Mcintyre
       
      He sounds like an interesting man.
  • He also spent five years as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve.
  • A full-time writer since 2001
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  • Garth's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times
  • He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.
De Anna Jo Powell

Lurlene McDaniel Author Profile | Biography And Bibliography | NewReleaseTuesday.com - 0 views

  • In addition to her popular YA novels, McDaniel has written radio and television scripts, promotional and advertising copy, and a magazine column. She is a frequent speaker at schools, writers' conferences, and conventions.
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    Some information about Lurlene McDaniel
Tuffer Jordan

Amazon.com: Gordon Korman: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle - 0 views

    • Garrett Warren
       
      over 50 novels
  • fifty middle-grade and teen novels
  • lives with his family on Long Island, New York.
    • Tuffer Jordan
       
      I used this.
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    Some facts about Gordan Korman.
Ben Lews

Rick Riordan biography, books, interviews and reviews on Fantasy Book Review - 0 views

    • Ben Lews
       
      Rick's achievements good info
cody dillingham

Harry Mazer Biography - 2 views

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    i think that this site gives a lot of information
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