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Norma Fox Mazer, 78, Who Wrote Novels for Young Adults, Dies - Obituary (Obit) - NYTime... - 0 views

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  • Norma Fox Mazer, an award-winning novelist for young people whose work helped illuminate many dark corners of adolescence, exploring subjects like poverty, betrayal, abandonment and loss, died on Oct. 17 at her home in Montpelier, Vt. She was 78.
  • The cause was brain cancer, her daughter Anne Mazer said.
  • nick wood on 03 May 11
     
    his wife died at age 78
hunter hooten

Harry Mazer (1925-) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Wri... - 2 views

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cjhs Harry Mazar

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  • designation, 197
  • Best of the Best Books designation, American Library Association (ALA), 1970–73, for Snow Bound; Kirkus Choice
  • 4, for The Dollar Man; Best Books for Young Adults designation, ALA, 1977, and Children's Choice designation,
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  • International Reading Association (IRA)/Children's Book Council (CBC), 1978, both for The Solid Gold Kid; Best Books for Young Adults designation
  • , ALA, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award nominee, Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers/Vermont Department of Libraries, both 1979, both for The War on Villa Street;
  • Best Books designation, New York Times, 1979, Books for the Teen Age inclusion, New York Public Library, 1980, Best Books for Young Adults designation,
    • hunter hooten
      hunter hooten on 20 Apr 11
       
      He has a lot of awards
    • nick wood
      nick wood on 02 May 11
       
      yes he dose
    • hunter hooten
      hunter hooten on 20 Apr 11
       
      He has written 19 novels for young adults
    • nick wood
      nick wood on 02 May 11
       
      19, that's a lot
    • hunter hooten
      hunter hooten on 20 Apr 11
       
      He has written 3 with his wife ,Norma,
    • nick wood
      nick wood on 02 May 11
       
      yep
  • World War II was on Mazer's mind also. At age seventeen he qualified to join the U.S. Army Air Force Cadets, but had to wait until he was eighteen to serve.
  • "I prayed that the war didn't end before I got in,"
  • he remembered in his SAAS essay. Mazer served for two and a half years, starting out as an airplane mechanic, then training as a ball-turret and waist gunner.
  • He was assigned to a crew on a B-17 bomber and in December of 1944 headed for Europe, where the crew flew their first mission two months later
  • In April their plane was shot down over Czechoslovakia, and only Mazer and one other crew member survived.
  • "I remember thinking afterward that there had to be a reason why I had survived," recalled the author. "I didn't think it was God. It was chance. Luck. But why me? Chance can't be denied as a factor in life, but I clung to the thought that there was a reason for my survival."
  • After ten years of factory work, Mazer became a teacher.
  • It was at this point that he and Norma discovered that they both longed to be writers
  • In the meantime, Mazer lost his teaching job and returned to factory work, taking paperbacks with him, trying to understand how a story worked. The insurance money from an accident finally enabled him to quit his job and begin writing full-time.
  • Mazer was discharged from the army in October of 1945, and days later began attending classes at a liberal arts college.
  • He began writing, but his work
  • "was too serious and self-conscious. I turned each word over in my head before I allowed it out into the open…. I wrote, but I was full of doubt, my standards were miles higher than my abilities. I suffered over what I wrote and didn't write any more than I had to."
  • The Solid Gold Kid, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1977. Heartbeat, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989. Bright Days, Stupid Nights, Bantam (New York, NY), 1992.
  • the courses that most interested him were English and history.
  • Jobs were scarce at the time, and many employers would not hire Jews. If he had been a dutiful son, Mazer later reflected, he would have become a teacher; "but I was in rebellion. I was impatient. I wanted to be great, famous…. My secret desire was to be a writer, but I knew nothing about how to make it happen. I had the idea that if I could only write it down, if I could only put all my feelings into words, I would finally figure everything out (whatever everything was)."
  • Agent—George Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literisti
  • hunter hooten on 20 Apr 11
     
    Harry Mazar Bio.
nick wood

Harry Mazer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • (born May 31, 1925 in New York City) is an American author of books for children and young adults, acclaimed for his “realistic” novels. He has written twenty-two novels, including The Solid Gold Kid,
  • The Island Keeper, Heroes Don't Run, and Snow Bound,
  • which was adapted as an NBC after school special, as well as one work of poetry and a few short stories.[1]
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  • After attending the Bronx High School of Science Mazer served in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943–45. He became a sergeant, and he received a Purple Heart and an Air Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters after his B-17 bomber was shot down over Czechoslovakia in April 1945. His wartime experiences eventually inspired several works of historical fiction, including The Last Mission and A Boy at War. After returning to the U.S., Mazer went to Union College, where he earned a BA in 1948. From 1950 to 1955 he was a railroad brakeman and switchtender for New York Central. He was an English teacher in upstate New York at the
  • Central Square School for a year, in 1959. In 1960 he received a M.A. from Syracuse University. He has won numerous awards including several 'Best Books' designations from the American Library Association, The Knickerbocker Award from the New York Library Association (2001), and The ALAN Award for Contributions to Young Adult Literature (2003). Mazer co-authored three books with his late wife, Norma Fox Mazer. He is the father of author Anne Mazer.
  • nick wood on 03 May 11
     
    this is about harry mazer were he went to school and born etc.
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  • During the week of June 18, veteran young-adult novelist Harry Mazer served as writer-in-residence at I.S. 145 in Jackson Heights, Queens, as part of the Foundation's Family Literacy program. During his visit, Harry met with 300 sixth graders, working with each class twice. Students received copies of his book, The Wild Kid, courtesy of Simon & Schuster Children's Books. Reading The Wild Kid in advance of Harry's visit, students and teachers loved the book, which deals with family issues relevant to their lives. As a result, they couldn't wait to meet its author.
  • When Harry referred to his many books during his discussions, numerous students raised their hands to show to him how they'd all taken his books out of the school library!
  • Harry inaugurated his residency in a sixth-grade English class by giving the students some background on his life as a writer. He explained to students that his wife, young-adult novelist Norma Fox Mazer, and their daughter Ann are also writers. Harry spoke about growing up in the Bronx and then moving to upstate New York, where he currently resides. He worked as a welder during the first ten years of their marriage in order to provide for his young family, but found himself feeling trapped. So, he began writing.
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  • Many stude
  • nts were curious about the publishing process, so Harry gave them some feedback on that subject. He explained the submission and editorial process, and they were shocked to learn that authors receive only 10 percent of a book. He used his latest book, A Boy at War, a story about Pearl Harbor, as an example. Many students
  • expressed interest in reading this book because they had just seen the movie.
  • Students asked Harry how he came up with the idea to write "The Wild Kid." Harry replied that he saw the title on a T-shirt in Manhattan. The story itself, he felt, was an
  • important one that needed to be told: a young boy who is mentally retarded becomes
  • lost in the woods and stumbles upon a troubled boy living in the woods. It's a story told with sensitivity and compassion that the students admired and it was clear that they had learned much from the book.
  • Students at I.S. 145 asked well-thought out, provoking questions about The Wild Kid, and the publishing process. Many expressed that they wished for a different ending (that the two boys end up living together, as brothers) and urged Harry to write a sequel, because "We'd want to read that!" Harry agreed that it would be a whole other story, and therefore another book. So, he engaged the students in a brainstorming session, asking them to create their own endings for the next story.
  • hen asked which of his books is his favorite, Harry said that it was The Last Mission. He further explained that he felt it was his most important book, also, because it addresses the issues he himself faced in World War II. This proved to be a discussion with which students were fascinated, because they had never anticipated meeting a war veteran.
  • Prior to the residency, sixth graders not only read The Wild Kid, but also created shoebox models depicting various scenes from the book. It was a pleasure for Harry to see his work visualized in such creative ways. Harry praised and thanked each student for their efforts. He was clearly touched that they responded toward the book as they did.
  • Toward the end of the week, Harry made unscheduled visits to two social studies classes, during which he spoke mostly about his experiences at war. He attended these classes on the tail-end of their lessons on Pearl Harbor, which dove- tailed perfectly with The Last Mission, as well as Harry's latest book, A Boy at War. He described in detail the make and model of the planes on which the soldiers worked, including the more morose factors like guns, bombs, and seeing his friends and comrades "go down." Students listened with fascination as he recalled the death
  • close friend of his in combat. By the looks on the student's faces, war had never seemed more real to them than at that moment. By the end of those classes, several students vowed to read his latest book. Harry remarked that the most important books are the ones that kids enjoy and learn from simultaneously.
  • he week-long residency ended with a half-day on Friday. Students bid Harry heart-felt farewells and thanked him for working with them. Harry, in turn, received many hugs and told students he was proud to have had the opportunity to work with so many
  • "bright, beautiful kids."
  • hunter hooten on 02 May 11
     
    Harry Mazer
  • nick wood on 03 May 11
     
    some stuff about him
hunter hooten

Harry Mazer Biography | BookRags.com - 0 views

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      hunter hooten on 06 May 11
       
      most of his family writs!!!
  • Authors and Artists for Young Adults on Harry Mazer In addition to being part of a writing family that includes wife Norma Fox Mazer and daughter Anne Mazer, novelist Harry Mazer has received critical acclaim for his many young adult novels--including The Island Keeper, Cave under the City, and Who Is Eddie Leonard"--which illustrate the values of perseverance, self-esteem, and inner fortitude. Noting that, "despite their predicaments, Mazer's protagonists usually emerge morally victorious," Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers contributor Mary Lystad cited as Mazer's strength his depiction of the "emotional turmoil, the humor and pain" of adolescence. "His characters are resilient and strong," Lystad continued. "His endings emphasize compassion, understanding, resourcefulness, and honesty." "A dream is made by real effort," Mazer once explained in an essay in Something about the Author Autobiography Series (SAAS). Mazer was in his mid-thirties when he and his wife began to write every day; they wrote for the "women's true confessions" market, using the money to support the family.
hunter hooten

GEMOnline ][ Authors 4 Teens ][ Harry Mazer ][ Introduction - 0 views

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  • Harry Mazer
  • Last updated on: November 3, 2010
  • Harry Mazer has been writing books for teenagers for nearly thirty years
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  • on a variety of topics, including divorce, war, survival, romance, and family relationships. His Snowbound has become a classic young adult survival story.
  • His autobiographical The Last Mission stands among the most popular stories about World War II. And the American
  • Library Association lists The Solid Gold Kid, written with his wife Norma, as one of the
  • 100 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults published between 1967 and 1992.
  • hunter hooten on 06 May 11
     
    a little more about him
nick wood

Harry Mazer Biography | BookRags.com - 1 views

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  • Name: Harry MazerBirth Date: May 31, 1925Place of Birth: New York, New York, United StatesNationality: AmericanGender: MaleOccupations: Writer
  • Mazer came from a family of hard-working Polish-Jewish immigrants. Both parents worked in factories, and a young boy's dream of becoming a writer was not given much credence. "Reading was my great pleasure. I was very interested in every library I ever...
  • 3,480 words, approx. 12 pages In addition to being part of a writing family that includes wife Norma F
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  • ox Mazer and daughter Anne Mazer, novelist Harry Mazer has received critical acclaim for his many young adult novels--including The Island Keeper, Cave under the City, and Who Is...
    • nick wood
      nick wood on 06 May 11
       
      good information i did not know he was polish-Jewish immigrants
  • hunter hooten on 05 May 11
     
    a little about him
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    it really helped me out
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