(1954-03-20) March 20, 1954 (age 70) East Meadow, New York, U.S.
Education
Antioch College
University of California, Berkeley (BA)
University of California, Hastings (JD)
Genre
Children's fiction
Notable works
Holes
Johnny's in the Basement
Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake
Small Steps
Wayside School series
Spouse
Carla Askew
(m. 1985)
Children
1
Website
Official website
Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/SAK-ər;[1] born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes.
Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature[2]
and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[3]
In 2013, it was ranked sixth among all children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.[4]
^"About". Louis Sachar. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
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"National Book Awards – 1998". National Book Foundation. Retrieved January 26, 2012. (With acceptance speech by Sachar.)
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"Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children. (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA). "The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^Bird, Elizabeth (July 7, 2012). "Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results". A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
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