Gary paulsen biography summary
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It’s a shame that you don’t know Gary Paulsen, that his name was never as recognizable as a Beverly Cleary (“Ramona the Pest”) or an Eric Carle (“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”), all of whom wrote books for children and all of whom died last year.
At least, I’m assuming you’ve never heard of Gary Paulsen. It’s a big assumption. His books sold more than 35 million copies, and if you came of age in the past four decades and had a thing for survival stories, chances are good you read him. Either way, your children will know him, and their children will know him. His best books appear timeless.
Still, now’s a good time to catch up.
January in Chicago, February in Chicago, mud season, ice season, the doldrums of another pandemic winter, the settling depression of a fresh chance at normality already slipping away. A lake so slate and overcast you don’t know where the sky begins. You just want to stay in and read stories ab
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Paulsen, Gary
May 17, 1939 -
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www.garypaulsen.com
1994 Ludington Award Award
SOURCE CITATION
"Gary Paulsen." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, 2nd ed., 8 vols. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007.
Photograph provided by Simon & Schuster.
BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
A prolific writer in several genres, Gary Paulsen is acclaimed as the author of powerful young adult fiction. Usually set in wilderness areas, Paulsen's young adult books feature teenagers who arrive at self-awareness by way of experiences in nature--often through challenging tests of their own survival instincts. Paulsen often writes from his first-hand knowledge of the outdoors, and from his experiences as a hunter, trapper, and even a dogsledder in the Alaska Iditarod race. His work is widely praised
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Gary Paulsen
American writer (1939–2021)
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Paulsen in 2012 | |
| Born | Gary James Paulsen (1939-05-17)May 17, 1939 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 82) Tularosa, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Period | 1966–2021 |
| Genre | Children's fiction, ung adult fiction, adventure novels, nonfiction |
| Subject | Adventure memoirs, sports |
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| Notable awards | Margaret Edwards Award 1997 |
| Spouse | Ruth Wright Paulsen |
| Children | 3 |
| www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/23384/gary-paulsen/ | |
Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and ung adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for h