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Daniel Pinkwater

Born

in Memphis, Tennessee, The United States

November 15, 1941

Website

http://www.pinkwater.com/

Genre

Children's Books

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Daniel Manus Pinkwater is an author of mostly children's books and is an occasional commentator on National Public Radio. He attended Bard College. Well-known books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. Pinkwater has also illustrated many of his books in the past, although for more recent works that task has passed to his wife Jill Pinkwater.

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Devil in the Drain

In case you needed a little devilry in your day, here’s a recording of Daniel reading the out-of-print and widely-banned DEVIL IN THE DRAIN.

www.thisamericanlife.org/43/faustian-bargains/act-five
DP on This American Life, reading Devil in the Drain

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Average rating: 4.01 · 22,241 ratings · 3,087 reviews · 129 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Orange Splot 4.38 avg rating — 2,526 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lizard Music 4.14 avg rating — 1,914 ratings — published 1976 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization (Neddie & Friends, #1) by Daniel Pinkwater, Calef Brown (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,358 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater 3.85 avg rating — 1,299 ratings — published 1977 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars / Slaves of Spiegel / The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death / The Last Guru / Young Adult Novel by Daniel Pinkwater, Jules Feiffer (Foreword by) 4.39 avg rating — 864 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars 4.33 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Snarkout Boys, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Noodlekugel by Daniel Pinkwater, Adam Stower (Illustrator) 3.42 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fat Men from Space 3.93 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borgel 4.23 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Daniel Pinkwater

Neddie & Friends (3 books)
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Daniel Pinkwater,

Calef Brown (Illustrations)

3.84 avg rating — 2,209 ratings

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (3 books)
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Daniel Pinkwater,

Jill Pinkwater (Illustrator)

3.86 avg rating — 1,611 ratings

The Snarkout Boys (2 books)
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Daniel Pinkwater

4.30 avg rating — 1,202 ratings

Mrs. Noodlekugel (3 books)
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Adam Stower (Illustrations)

3.53 avg rating — 934 ratings

Larry the Polar Bear (6 books)
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Jill Pinkwater (Illustrator)

3.83 avg rating — 539 ratings

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Quotes by Daniel Pinkwater

“I went to college, but I learned to write by reading and writing.”
― Daniel Pinkwater

tags: writing

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“Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.”
― Daniel Manus Pinkwater, Lizard Music

tags: humor

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“My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.”

From “The Education of Robert Nifkin”
― Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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