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Gary Paulsen


Born
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States
May 17, 1939

Died
October 13, 2021

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature


Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 712,751 ratings · 47,972 reviews · 434 distinct works • Similar authors
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
3.80 avg rating — 464,312 ratings — published 1987 — 52 editions
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Brian's Winter (Brian's Sag...
4.05 avg rating — 36,150 ratings — published 1996 — 42 editions
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The River (Brian's Saga, #2)
3.83 avg rating — 33,955 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Brian's Return (Brian's Sag...
3.98 avg rating — 19,888 ratings — published 1999 — 48 editions
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Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga,...
4.04 avg rating — 14,766 ratings — published 2003 — 41 editions
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Winterdance: The Fine Madne...
4.29 avg rating — 9,046 ratings — published 1994 — 38 editions
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Woods Runner
3.85 avg rating — 9,647 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions
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Lawn Boy
3.74 avg rating — 8,807 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions
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Harris and Me: A Hilarious ...
4.23 avg rating — 6,407 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions
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The Transall Saga
4.22 avg rating — 6,129 ratings — published 1998 — 27 editions
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“If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books.
The book needs you.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Winter Room
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“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
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“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”
― Gary Paulsen
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