Gary D. Schmidt
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born
January 01, 1957
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
genre
Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
about this author
Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan,with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.
His most recent novel is Trouble.
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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 4.24 — 2,212 ratings — published 2007 9 editions |
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 4.03 — 687 ratings — published 2004 7 editions |
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Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 4.00 — 321 ratings — published 2008 5 editions |
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First Boy by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 3.14 — 90 ratings — published 2005 3 editions |
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Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 3.58 — 59 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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The Sin Eater by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 3.87 — 23 ratings — published 1996 4 editions |
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Pilgrim's Progress by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 4.71 — 17 ratings — published 2008 |
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Mara's Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 3.73 — 11 ratings — published 2001 2 editions |
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Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season by Gary D. Schmidt, Susan M. Felch avg rating 3.78 — 9 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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The Great Stone Face: A Tale by Nathanial Hawthorne by Gary D. Schmidt avg rating 3.67 — 9 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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"Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still."
— Gary D. Schmidt (The Wednesday Wars)
— Gary D. Schmidt (The Wednesday Wars)
"Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches."
— Gary D. Schmidt (Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy)
— Gary D. Schmidt (Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy)
