- Gary Schmidt
Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two
Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm inAlto, Michigan ,Fact|date=February 2008 with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English atCalvin College ..His most recent novel as of May 2007, "The Wednesday Wars", was named a 2008
Newbery Honor book.Published works
*"Trouble". New York: Clarion Books, (2008).
*"The Wednesday Wars ". New York: Clarion Books, (2007).
*"First Boy ". New York: Henry Holt, (2005).
*"In God's Hands". Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publications, (2005).
*"Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy ". New York: Clarion, (2004).
*"Mara's Stories". New York: Henry Holt, (2001).
*"Anson's Way". New York: Clarion Books, (1999).
*"Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland". Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, (2000).
*"The Sin Eater". New York: Dutton Publishers, (1996).External links
* [http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=2696 Houghton Mifflin biography]
* [http://www.calvin.edu/publications/spark/2006/spring/schmidt.htm Calvin College feature]
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