Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt
Schmidt at the Mazza Museum in 2012
Born	Gary D. Schmidt 1957 (aged 58-59) Hicksville, NY[1]
Occupation	Academic, writer
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy The Wednesday Wars
Notable awards	Newbery Honor Printz Honor

Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) 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.^[2] He is a Professor of English at Calvin College, which is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Published works

• The Sin Eater (Dutton Publishers; New York; 1996)
• William Bradford: Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim (Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids; 1999)
• Anson's Way (Clarion Books; New York; 1999)
• Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland (Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids, MI; 2000)
• Mara's Stories (Henry Holt; New York; 2001)
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (New York; Clarion Books; 2004)
• In God's Hands (Jewish Lights Publications; Woodstock, Vermont; 2005)
• First Boy (Henry Holt; New York; 2005)
• The Wednesday Wars (Clarion Books; New York; 2007)
• Trouble (Clarion Books; New York; 2008)
• Okay for Now (Clarion Books; New York; 2011)
• What Came from the Stars (Clarion Books; New York; 2012)

References

1. Something About the Author Volume 193, p. 169.
2. "Gary Schmidt". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 25 March 2010.

External links

• Gary Schmidt faculty webpage at Calvin College
• Opening the Book that is Gary Schmidt, The Calvin Spark
• Gary D. Schmidt at publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Gary D. Schmidt at Library of Congress Authorities, with 43 catalog records