GORDON KORMAN
Bibliographic Blurbs
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Born in 1963
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Birthplace Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Wrote first book when he was 12 years old
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First book, This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall, was written for a 7th grade English assignment
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He attended New York City University's film school
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He has written approximately 55 books
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He currently lives on Long Island with his wife and three children
Recently Published Books
Shipwreck (Island Book 1)
Survival (Island Book 2)
Escape (Island Book 3)
Son Of the Mob
The Contest (Everest Book 1)
The Climb (Everest Book 2)
The Summit (Everest Book 3)
Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America
Jake, Reinvented
Dive Trilogy
Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle
On the Run (Series)
Born to Rock
Kidnapped (Series) Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Robert Cormier,
Paul Zindel
Some Interesting Gordon Korman Facts
Some of his favoriate authors are: Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Robert Cormier, Paul Zindel, Jerry Spinnelli, Chris Crutcher, and Jack Gantos
Usually writes a book in 6 months
Travels more than 40,000 miles each year visiting schools and promoting his books
50% of his books are imaginary and the other 50% is factual
Hockey was his favorite sport as a child and Bobby Orr was his favorite hockey player
To learn more about Gordon Korman visit the following website:
Official Gordon Korman website
Scholastic's Gordon Korman page - Scholastic was Gordon Korman's first book publisher. Visit this site to view a video interview with Gordon Korman from July 2007, as well as other interviews about some of his book trilogies.
Read Gordon Korman's most recent books:
SCHOOLED and SWINDLE!!
Visit the LVMS Library for all of Korman's books
Information on this page is taken from the Gordon Korman website:
http://gordonkorman.com