Gordon Korman

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Gordon Korman
Born (1963-10-23) October 23, 1963 (age 49)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Author
Nationality Canadian, American
Period 1975–present
Genres realistic fiction, adventure, comedy
Notable work(s) Macdonald Hall; Swindle; One False Note;

Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian American author, primarily of novels for children and young adults.[1] He lives in Long Island's Great Neck, New York, with his wife and three children.

Korman wrote his first book unexpectedly when he was twelve years old.[2] While in 7th grade at German Mills Public School, his 7th grade English writing assignment became the manuscript for Korman's first book This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall,[1] the first book in his Bruno and Boots series. Mr. Hamilton, Korman's 7th grade English teacher, was a track and field coach who suddenly found himself teaching English for the first time.[1] Hamilton required students to write a novel during the semester.[1] Korman was the Scholastic Arrow Book Club monitor for the class; after completing the assignment, he mailed his manuscript to Scholastic.[2] This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall was published by Scholastic Press in 1975 when Korman was only fourteen years old, in seventh grade.[1] Before graduating from high school in Thornhill, Ont., Korman wrote and published five books.[3]

Korman has written more than 75 books which have sold more than 17 million copies in a career that has spanned three decades.

Contents

Biography [edit]

Korman was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he lived until 1970.[1] Korman grew up in Thornhill, Ontario just north of Toronto, Ontario[4] and attended German Mills Public School and public high school at Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill, Ontario.[1][3] Korman moved to the United States to attend college at New York University where he studied in the film and film-writing department.[2] Korman received a BA from New York University in 1985;[1] his degree was in Dramatic and Visual Writing with a minor in Motion Picture and Television.[5]

Non-series books [edit]

Bruno & Boots [edit]

Bugs Potter [edit]

  • Who is Bugs Potter? (1980)
  • Bugs Potter LIVE at Nickaninny (1983)

Jeremy Bloom [edit]

  • The D- Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School, Homework, and Life (Sort Of) (1992)
  • The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes) (1996)[6]

Monday Night Football [edit]

  • The Quarterback Exchange (1997)
  • Running Back Conversion (1997)
  • Super Bowl Switch (1997)
  • Heavy Artillery (1997)
  • Ultimate Scoring Machine (1998)
  • NFL Rules! Bloopers, Pranks, Upsets, and Touchdowns (1998)

Slapshots series [edit]

  • The Stars From Mars (1999)
  • All-Mars All-Stars/The Dream Team (1999)
  • The Face-off Phony (2000)
  • Cup Crazy (2000)
  • Slapshots The Complete Collection (2008)

Nose Pickers series [edit]

  • Nose Pickers from Outer Space! (1999)
  • Planet of the Nose Pickers (2000)
  • Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker (2000)
  • Invasion of the Nose Pickers (2001)
  • The Ultimate Nose-Picker Collection (2006)

Island series [edit]

Main article: Island (novel series)
  • Shipwreck (2000)
  • Survival (2001)
  • Escape (2001)
  • Island Trilogy Bind-Up Book (2006)

Everest series [edit]

  • The Contest
  • The Climb
  • The Summit

Dive series [edit]

  • The Discovery (2002)
  • The Deep (2003)
  • The Danger (2003)

On the Run series [edit]

Main article: On the Run (novel series)
  • Chasing the Falconers (2005)
  • The Fugitive Factor (2005)
  • Now You See Them, Now You Don't (2005)
  • The Stowaway Solution (2005)
  • Public Enemies (2005)
  • Hunting the Hunter (2006)

Kidnapped series [edit]

Main article: Kidnapped (novel trilogy)
  • The Abduction (2006)
  • The Search (2006)
  • The Rescue (2006)

Swindle series [edit]

Titanic series [edit]

  • Unsinkable (2011)
  • Collision Course (2011)
  • S.O.S. (2011)

The 39 Clues series [edit]

Adaptations [edit]

The Monday Night Football Club series was adapted into the Disney Channel TV series The Jersey, which ran for four years.

The Bruno and Boots series was optioned, but a series was never produced. Other optioned books include No Coins, Please, the Island Trilogy and The Twinkie Squad. [1]

Awards and recognition [edit]

  • Air Canada Award for promising authors in Canada – at age 17[5]
  • Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award 1991 – Book 1988 The Zucchini Warriors[7]
  • American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2001 – Book 1990 Losing Joe's Place[8]
  • American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 1999 – Book 1993 The Toilet Paper Tigers[9]
  • American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2001 – Book 1993 The Chicken Doesn't Skate[8]
  • American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults Annotated List 2003 – Book 2001 Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle[10]
  • American Library Association 2003 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults Annotated List – Book 2001 Son of the Mob[11]
  • 2003 Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award – Intermediate Division (Grades 7–9) – Book 2001 Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle[12]
  • 2003 Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award – Intermediate Division (Grades 7–9) – Book 2003 No More Dead Dogs[13]
  • American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults Annotated List 2004 – Book 2003 Jake Reinvented[14]
  • 2011-2012 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Arkansas)[15] for Zoobreak.

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Official Gordon Korman Web Site". Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Gordon Korman Biography". Scholastic. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Zlomislic, Diana (April 1, 2009). "Prodigy or precocious?". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario[unreliable source?]
  5. ^ a b B., Niki. "The Stellar Book Award: Gordon Kom". Steller Award.ca. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
  6. ^ Gordon Korman; Bernice Korman (1 October 1996). The last-place sports poems of Jeremy Bloom: a collection of poems about winning, losing, and being a good sport (sometimes). Scholastic. ISBN 978-0-590-25516-5. Retrieved 6 December 2011. 
  7. ^ [1] Externally archived page.
  8. ^ a b "2001 Popular Paperbacks". YALSA. Retrieved 2 February 2011.  Externally archived page.
  9. ^ "1999 Popular Paperbacks". YALSA. Retrieved 2 February 2011.  Externally archived page.
  10. ^ "2003 Best Books for Young Adults". YALSA. Retrieved 2 February 2011.  Externally archived page.
  11. ^ "2003 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults". YALSA. Retrieved 2 February 2011.  Externally archived page.
  12. ^ YRCA Past Winners
  13. ^ "YRCA Past Winners". PNLA. 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
  14. ^ "2004 Best Books for Young Adults". YSLA. Retrieved 2 February 2011.  Externally archived page.
  15. ^ "Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award". Retrieved 7 September 2012. 

External links [edit]

The 39 Clues and related series
Authority control
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