There’s no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.
Gary D. Schmidt Quotes
Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.
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| Birth: | 1957 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Professor, Writer |
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Gary D. Schmidt was born in Hicksville, New York, USA. He 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. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has written several books include: The Wednesday Wars(novel), Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy(novel), First Boy(children's novel), Okay for Now, A Passionate Usefulness, Mara's Stories, and Anson's Way.
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