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Louis Sachar

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Louis Sachar
Sachar at the 2006 Texas Book Festival
Sachar at the 2006 Texas Book Festival
Born (1954-03-20) March 20, 1954 (age 70)
East Meadow, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Hastings College of the Law
GenreChildren's fiction
SpouseCarla Askew
Children1
Website
www.louissachar.com

Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American children's book author. His best known books are the Wayside School series and the award-winner, Holes novel.

Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature[1] and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[2] In 2013, it was ranked number six among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.[3]

Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York United States

Wayside School
Marvin Redpost
  • Kidnapped at Birth? (1992)
  • Why Pick on Me? (1993)
  • Is He a Girl? (1993)
  • Alone In His Teacher's House (1994)
  • Class President (1999)
  • A Flying Birthday Cake? (1999)
  • Super Fast Out of Control! (2000)
  • A Magic Crystal? (2000)
Holes series

Other books

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Book Awards – 1998". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
    (With acceptance speech by Sachar.)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present" Archived 2011-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Association for Library Service to Children. (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
      "The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  3. 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 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  4. "Pig City by Louis Sachar". The Bookbag (thebookbag.co.uk). October 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-27.