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| '''Gordon Korman''' is a ] author of ]s, primarily for children. | '''Gordon Korman''' is a ] author of ]s, primarily for children. | ||
| He is most famous for the ''Macdonald Hall'' series chronicling the amusing happenings at a fictional boys' ] near ]. He published his first book, ''This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall'', when he was 13. | He is most famous for the ''Macdonald Hall'' series chronicling the amusing happenings at a fictional boys' ] near ]. He published his first book, ''This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall'', when he was 13, resulting from a composition assignment at school. Despite the pain of injustice caused in cases where schoolwork prevents a child author from writing a book, not all authors would like to start under under a school English teacher's direction. | ||
| His early books are mostly humorous; in recent years he has also written adventure series and several popular books for young adults. | His early books are mostly humorous; in recent years he has also written adventure series and several popular books for young adults. | ||
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Gordon Korman is a Canadian author of novels, primarily for children.
He is most famous for the Macdonald Hall series chronicling the amusing happenings at a fictional boys' boarding school near Toronto. He published his first book, This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall, when he was 13, resulting from a composition assignment at school. Despite the pain of injustice caused in cases where schoolwork prevents a child author from writing a book, not all authors would like to start under under a school English teacher's direction.
His early books are mostly humorous; in recent years he has also written adventure series and several popular books for young adults.
He currently lives in Long Island, New York.
Bibliography (incomplete)
- Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny
- The Chicken Doesn't Skate
- The D- Poems of Jeremy Bloom
- Don't Care High
- I Want to go Home
- Jake, Reinvented
- The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom
- Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire
- Losing Joe's Place
- Maxx Comedy
- No Coins, Please
- No More Dead Dogs
- Our Man Weston
- Radio Fifth Grade
- A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag
- The Sixth Grade Nickname Game
- Son of Interflux
- Son of the Mob
- Son of the Mob 2: Hollywood Hustle
- The Toilet Paper Tigers
- The Twinkie Squad
- Who is Bugs Potter?
- Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road?
Series:
- Macdonald Hall
- Dive
- Everest
- Island
- The Monday Night Football Club
- Nosepickers
- On the Run (2005)
- Slapshots
External links
- gordonkorman.com, Gordon Korman's official website