Gary Paulsen
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Gary Paulsen | Scholastic.com - 0 views
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A chance visit to a library on a cold day was the turning point in young Gary Paulsen's life. A librarian gave him a library card and a book, and the teenaged Paulsen discovered that books could provide excellent companionship. His resulting passion for literature has stimulated a wealth of published works for both children and adults.
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The product of a difficult childhood, Paulsen ran away from home at the age of fourteen. His experience in diverse jobs and a wide range of interests have provided the basis for much of his written work. His stories are woven from his personal experiences, and many of them feature outdoor settings and the harmony of nature. Several of his books deal with the theme of survival and human endurance. Hatchet, which has become a modern-day classic, won him the Newbery Honor Award. Paulsen's interest in dog sledding led to his participation in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. The impact of this experience on his life is brought to life in several of his outstanding books, including Woodsong and Dogsong, another Newbery Honor Award winner. His close relationship with his dogs and all of nature is delicately blended into his stories about the race, allowing the reader to experience the true feeling of being out on the trail. Paulsen lives in New Mexico with his wife, artist Ruth Wright Paulsen, who has illustrated several of his books.
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R.L. Stine:Biography - 1 views
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R. L. Stine has sold over 90 million books and yet is still unfamiliar to adult readers. In 1995, he published his first adult book - a horror story called Superstitious. Even though the novel didn’t do well, Stine commanded $1 million for Superstitious screen rights. Goosebumps was produced as a TV series for the Fox TV Network beginning in 1995.
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He writes over 24 novels a year. Stine’s thrillers contain age-appropriate chills. No one dies in Goosebumps and the novels are geared to grade-schoolers. But, for adolescents, heads roll in Fear Street. The Goosebumps horror series, published by Scholastic for 7-12 year olds, has consumed readers since 1989.
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student at Ohio State University, where he graduated with a B.A. in education in 1965. Stine taught social studies after college. He married his wife, Jane, on June 22, 1969. Their son, Matt Daniel Stine, was born on June 7, 1980.
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Meg Cabot - Frequently Asked Questions - 1 views
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How can I get the book I’ve written published? What is an agent and how do I get one? I have started lots of stories, but I can’t seem to finish them. What’s wrong with me? I don’t know how to get started on a story. Please help. I can’t think of anything to write about. How many pages should my novel be? What writing program should I use? What about chapters? Should I plot my story first with an outline? I want to be a writer, but I can’t seem to sit down and write. What advice do you have to give to aspiring writers?
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General Tips What awards have you won? What is the theme of your books? What books did you like to read when you were a kid? What books do you like to read now?
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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.
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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!
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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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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman - Powell's Books - 0 views
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Gordon Korman is a Canadian author of novels, primarily for children and young adults. In the seventh grade, his language arts teacher was a track and field coach. At a loss on what to do, the teacher simply allowed them to work on whatever they wanted for the rest of the year. For Gordon, this resulted in This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, the first book in his "Bruno and Boots" series, arguably his most famous. It was published a year and a half later by the Scholastic Press, when Gordon was 14 years old. He currently resides in New York City, with his wife and three children.
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Amanda Moorman, April 23, 2009 (view all comments by Amanda Moorman) This book is absolutely hilarious! I teach 8th grade language arts, and my students have enjoyed the few minutes a day I have spent reading it to them! Definately a must-have!
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Amy Merk, January 24, 2008 (view all comments by Amy Merk) Korman writes with a contemporary voice that
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really connected with my middle-school students. With relatively short chapters and witty wordwork, it also makes a great read aloud for grades five and up.
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Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
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Lurlene McDaniel Quotes - 0 views
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"The importance of my old life is dimming as I move toward the bright light I've seen once before. It's allowing me to come to it, and this time, I won't be sent back. If only the people I'm leaving behind could understand! There is no sadness where I'm going. Only joy." — Lurlene McDaniel (Hit and Run)
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"Sisters are made by living everyday with each other and wearing each other down until the rough spots are smooth. They're made by sharing secrets you'd never tell mom, and out of doing things for each other just because you feel like it, not because you have to. I guess you could say sisters are 'grown,' not manufactured, in a very special place called a family." — Lurlene McDaniel (Somewhere Between Life and Death)
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"The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you." — Lurlene McDaniel (Don't Die, My Love)
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"I think that hurting gives us a way to measure being happy. How can you know one without knowing the other." — Lurlene McDaniel (Time to Let Go)
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"Who wants to be used? I love to read, so books are my main friends. They're always available, always friendly, and always interesting, and they never make me choose sides." — Lurlene McDaniel
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"We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time."
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Has Harry Mazer died | ChaCha Answers - 0 views
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Reading Rockets: A video interview with R.L. Stine - 0 views
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R.L. Stine wrote humor and joke books until an editor asked him to write a young adult horror novel. After Blind Date became an instant best seller, Stine started a young adult horror series called Fear Street. In 1992, R.L. Stine wrote his first book for Goosebumps, which would quickly become the best-selling children's book series in history.
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Robert Lawrence Stine was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1943. Stine was a rather shy and fearful child, but he did have a clever imagination. At the age of nine, Stine began typing up his own short stories and humor magazines such as Tales to Drive You Batty. He would then circulate these publications to friends during class. In high school, Stine wrote a humor column for the school newspaper called "Stine's Lines." At Ohio State University, R.L. Stine edited a humor magazine and contributed articles under the name "Jovial Bob." After college, he moved to New York City with aspirations of becoming a writer. For 16 years, R.L. Stine worked at Scholastic, where he edited and wrote for a humor magazine called Bananas. Stine also wrote for Nickelodeon's television show, Eureeka's Castle. R.L. Stine's first children's book, How to be Funny, was published in 1978. Stine wrote humor and joke books until one day an editor asked him to write a young adult horror novel. After Blind Date became an instant best seller, Stine started a young adult horror series called Fear Street. In 1992 R.L. Stine wrote his first book for Goosebumps, which would quickly became the best-selling children's book series in history. Stine also hosted the top-rated Goosebumps television show on Fox. Today R.L. Stine writes books for two new series, Mostly Ghostly and Rotten School. He and his wife live in New York City.
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Author Profile: Garth Nix - 0 views
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Garth Nix was born in 1963 and grew up in Canberra, Australia. After taking his degree in professional writing from the University of Canberra, he slowly sank into the morass of publishing industry, steadily devolving from sales rep through publicist, until in 1991 he became a senior editor witha major multinational publisher. After a period in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in 1993, he left publishing to work as a marketing communications consultant. In 1999, he waas lured back to the publishing world to become a part-time literary agent. He now lives in Sydney, five-minute walk from Coogee Beach, with his wife, Anna, and lots of books.
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Garth has worked as a public servant, bookseller, book editor and literary agent. In 2002, following his outstanding international success, Garth returned to full-time writing (despite his belief that this contributes to the strange behaviour of many authors!). Garth lives in Sydney with his wife Anna, who is a publisher, and their sons Thomas and Edward. His highly inventive stories set in vivid, compelling worlds have been critically acclaimed and are popular around the world with readers of all ages. The rights to his Old Kingdom Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael & Abhorsen) have been sold to over 12 countries. To date, Garth's books have sold in excess of 1,600,000 copies internationally, with Abhorsen reaching No.3 on the New York Times best seller list.
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abriel and Shade's Children, have won major awards in the areas of both children's literature and the fantasy genre - they have been named as CBC Notable Books and shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards, with Sabriel winning two awards in this prestigious Australian Science Fiction Prize. More recently, Mister Monday, the first book in Garth's The Keys to the Kingdom series, was an Honour Book (Older Readers Category) in the 2004 CBCA Awards and shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards (2003). Continuing The Keys to the Kingdom series, Grim Tuesday and Drowned Wednesday, Sir Thursday, Lady Friday and Superior Saturday have now been published, with children and adults alike eagerly awaiting the final installment, Lord Sunday, which will be published early in 2010.
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Garth is also the author of three booklets for Very Clever Babies - a series of 'easy readers' for three-month-old babies who are familiar with words such as 'perfidious' and 'icthyology'. His other achievements include a novelisation of one of the 'X-files' episodes and some 'proper' early readers - Bill the Inventor and Blackbeard the Pirate, and a book in the Aussie Bites series, Serena Smith and the Sea Serpent.
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Harry Mazer Biography | BookRags.com - 0 views
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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.