Gordon Korman
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| Gordon Korman | |
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 Gordon Korman in 2006 |
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| Born | October 23, 1963 Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Writing period | 1975-present |
| Genres | realistic fiction, adventure |
Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian author, primarily of novels for children and young adults. He lives on Long Island with his wife and three children.
Korman was born in Montreal, Quebec. He grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, where in the seventh grade, he had an English teacher who was really a track and field coach. At a loss for what to do, the teacher allowed students to work on whatever they wanted to for the entire school year.
For Korman, this resulted in the manuscript for This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, the first book in his Bruno and Boots series. It was published a year and a half later by the Scholastic Press when Korman was only 14 years old. Korman then went on to publish many more books, including No Coins, Please, Go Jump in the Pool, and The War with Mr. Wizzle.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Non-series books
- Who is Bugs Potter? (1980)
- I Want to Go Home (1981)
- Our Man Weston (1982)
- Bugs Potter LIVE at Nickaninny (1983)
- No Coins Please (1984)
- Don't Care High (1985)
- Son Of Interflux (1986)
- A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag (1987)
- Radio 5th Grade (1989)
- Losing Joe's Place (1990)
- The D- Poems of Jeremy Bloom (1992)
- The Twinkie Squad (1992)
- The Toilet Paper Tigers (1993)
- Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road (1994)
- The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom (1996)
- The Chicken Doesn't Skate (1996)
- Liar, Liar Pants on Fire (1997)
- The Sixth Grade Nickname Game (1998)
- No More Dead Dogs (2000)
- Son of the Mob (2002)
- Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America (2003)
- Jake, Reinvented (2003)
- Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle (2004)
- Born to Rock (2005)
- Schooled (2007)
- Swindle (2008)
- The Juvie Three (2008)
- "Cheese and Frogs Jumping for Nuts " (2008)
[edit] Bruno and Boots/Macdonald Hall series
- This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall (1978, recently renamed This Can't Be Happening)
- Go Jump in the Pool (1979)
- Beware the Fish (1980)
- The War With Mr. Wizzle (1982, recently retitled The Wizzle War)
- The Zucchini Warriors (1988)
- Macdonald Hall Goes Hollywood (1991, recently renamed Lights, Camera, Disaster!)
- Something Fishy At Macdonald Hall (1995, recently renamed The Joke's On Us)
[edit] NFL Monday Night Football Club series
- Quarterback Exchange: I Was John Elway (1997)
- Super Bowl Switch: I Was Dan Marino (1997)
- Heavy Artillary: I Was Junior Seau (1997)
- Running Back Conversion: I Was Barry Sanders (1997)
- Ultimate Scoring Machine: I Was Jerry Rice (1998)
- NFL Rules! Bloopers, Pranks, Upsets, and Touchdowns (1998)
[edit] Slapshots series
- The Stars From Mars (1999)
- All-Mars All-Stars (1999)
- The Face-off Phony (2000)
- Cup Crazy (2000)
[edit] Nose Pickers series
- Nose Pickers from Outer Space (1999)
- Planet of the Nose Pickers (2000)
- Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker (2000)
- Invasion of the Nose Pickers (2001)
[edit] Island series
- Shipwreck (2000)
- Survival (2001)
- Escape (2001)
[edit] Everest series
- The Contest (2002)
- The Climb (2002)
- The Summit (2002)
[edit] Dive series
- The Discovery (2003)
- The Deep (2003)
- The Danger (2003)
[edit] On the Run series
- Chasing the Falconers(1) (2004)
- The Fugitive Factor(2) (2004)
- Now You See Them, Now You Don't(3) (2004)
- The Stowaway Solution(4) (2004)
- Public Enemies(5) (2005)
- Hunting the Hunter(6) (2005)
[edit] Kidnapped series
- Abduction (2006)
- The Search (2006)
- Rescue (2006)
