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Author Bio
• Birth—1957
• Education—N/A
• Awards—two Newbery Honors
• Currently—lives in Alto, Michigan
Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books.
He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan, with his wife and six children. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College. The American Library Association awarded Mr. Schmidt a Newbery Honor in 2005 for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and again in 2008 for The Wednesday Wars. (From Wikipedia.)