There’s no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.
Gary D. Schmidt Quotes
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.
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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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