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Kidsreads.com - Author Profile: Meg Cabot - 0 views

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    Super information about Meg Cabot.
William Reynolds Guerra

Kidsreads.com - Rick Riordan - 0 views

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  • Rick Riordan is the award-winning, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and the creator of a new series The 39 Clues.
jarred hatchette

Kidsreads.com - Author Profile: Gordon Korman - 0 views

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  • Gordon Korman
  • Gordon Korman was born October 23, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. He wrote his first book when he was 12 years old. “It wasn't on purpose.” Gordon says, “In my school, the track and field coach had to teach language arts, and for writing, he just told us to work on whatever we wanted for the rest of the year.” As the class monitor for Arrow Book Club, he sent his manuscript to Scholastic. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING AT MCDONALD HALL was published i
  • 1978, when Gordon was fourteen. He now has 65 novels to his credit, most recently The Juvie Three. Future projects include a SWINDLE s
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  • equel and the second book in the Scholastic series The 39 Clues.
  • jared moore on 26 Apr 11
     
    A BIO of his life. Also, an author talk.
Emily=) bowles

R. L. Stine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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CJHS ELA Author Talk R.L. stine

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      Can't believe he has sold so many books. He has sold over 400 million books.
  • Stine was born in Columbus, Ohio[5] to Anne Stine, a homemaker and Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk.[6] He began writing at age 9 when he found a typewriter in his attic, subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books.
  • In 1989, Stine teamed up with Parachute Press to create Fear Street.
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  • In 1992, Stine created a comedy series called Space Cadets which lasted only three books. Also in 1992, Stine and Parachute went on to launch Goosebumps
  • His books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide,[4] landing on many bestseller lists.
  • In three consecutive years during the 1990s, USA Today named Stine as America's number one best-selling author.[11
  • the Guinness Book of World Records named Stine as the best-selling children's book series author of all time
  • n the first decade of the 21st century, Stine has worked on installments of five different book series, Mostly Ghostly, Rotten School, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room, Goosebumps Horrorland and the stand-alone novels Dangerous Girls
  • On June 22, 1969, Stine married Jane Waldhorn, who became an editor and writer[8] and formed Parachute Press with Joan Waricha on April 1, 1983.[16] Their only child, Matthew, was born on June 7, 1980[8] and works in the music industry.[17
  • Among the awards he has received are the 2002 Champion of Reading Award
  • the Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Award for Best Book-Mystery/Horror (three-time recipient) and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (also received three times).[11] During the 1990s, Stine was listed on People Weekly's "Most Intriguing People" list,
  • He won the Thriller Writers of America Silver Bullet Award in 2007. His stories have even inspired R. L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse, 4D movie-based attractions at SeaWorld San Diego and Busch Gardens Europe.[citation needed]
  • In 1986, Stine wrote his first horror novel, called Blind Date.[9
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