Author Biography

Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is a author who was born in 1939 on May 17th in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He writes non-fiction, young adult fiction and adventure novels but Gary is best known for writing wilderness novels. When he was 14 he ran away from home so that he could go and join a carnival, also he didn't meet his father until he was 9. He has won so many awards such as the Margaret Edwards Award in 1997, the Parents Choice award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award in 1889, Children's of Midland Authors book award in 1985. As you can see he has won many awards that I could go on. Gary's first successful book was called Winter Kill. but the book is such a personal story that it ended up going to Minnesota Supreme Court. So that caused Gary to give up writing for 2 years. He also has written the Hatchet and it is the 1st out of 5 books in the Hatchet series. The other books in the Hatchet series are called The River ( first sequel to Hatchet) Brian's Winter ( second sequel to Hatchet) then it's the Brian's Return and the last book is Brian's Hunt. I would suggest reading the Hatchet because it is a really good book. Some other books that he has wrote is The Curse of the Cobra, Crush, The Death Specialist, The Crossing, Dogsong, Dogsteam, Dunc's Dump and Dunc's Halloween. So I hope from reading this that you have learnt heaps about Gary Paulsen