Gary D. Schmidt
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 Schmidt at the Mazza Museum in 2012 | |
| Born | Gary D. Schmidt 1957 (aged 58-59) Hicksville, NY[1] |
| Occupation | Academic, writer |
| Genre | Fiction |
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| Spouse | Anne E Stickney |
Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels. Both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor was awarded to the book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and a Newbery Honor was awarded to The Wednesday Wars.[2] He is a Professor of English at Calvin College, which is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Published works
- The Sin Eater (Dutton Publishers; New York; 1996)
- William Bradford: Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim (Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids; 1999)
- Anson's Way (Clarion Books; New York; 1999)
- Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland (Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids, MI; 2000)
- Mara's Stories (Henry Holt; New York; 2001)
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (New York; Clarion Books; 2004)
- In God's Hands (Jewish Lights Publications; Woodstock, Vermont; 2005)
- First Boy (Henry Holt; New York; 2005)
- The Wednesday Wars (Clarion Books; New York; 2007)
- Trouble (Clarion Books; New York; 2008)
- Okay for Now (Clarion Books; New York; 2011)
- What Came from the Stars (Clarion Books; New York; 2012)
- Orbiting Jupiter
References
- ^ Something About the Author Volume 193, p. 169.
- ^ "Gary Schmidt". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
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External links
- Gary Schmidt faculty webpage at Calvin College
- Opening the Book that is Gary Schmidt, The Calvin Spark
- Gary D. Schmidt at publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Gary D. Schmidt at Library of Congress, with 43 library catalog records
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