Gary D. Schmidt is an American

United States

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 children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books and one Printz Honor award. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan

Alto, Michigan

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, with his wife and six children. He is a Professor of English

English language

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 at Calvin College

Calvin College

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The American Library Association

American Library Association

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 awarded Mr. Schmidt a Newbery Honor in 2005 for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, published by Clarion Books, is a 2004 historical fiction book by Gary D. Schmidt. The book received the Newbery Honor in 2005 and was selected as a Michael L. Printz Honor that same year. The book was based on a real event...

and again in 2008 for The Wednesday Wars

The Wednesday Wars

The Wednesday Wars is a 2007 young adult historical fiction novel written by Gary D. Schmidt, the author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. The novel is set in suburban Long Island during the 1967-68 school year. The Vietnam War is an important backdrop for the novel. Holling Hoodhood, the...

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Published works

• Okay for Now. New York: Clarion Books, (2011)
• Trouble. New York: Clarion Books, (2008).
• The Wednesday Wars
  The Wednesday Wars
  The Wednesday Wars is a 2007 young adult historical fiction novel written by Gary D. Schmidt, the author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. The novel is set in suburban Long Island during the 1967-68 school year. The Vietnam War is an important backdrop for the novel. Holling Hoodhood, the...
  
  . New York: Clarion Books, (2007).
• First Boy
  First Boy
  First Boy is a novel published in 2005 by Gary Schmidt. It was a Mark Twain Award nominee for the 2007-2008 year.-Plot summary:Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who has run a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death,...
  
  . New York: Henry Holt, (2005).
• In God's Hands. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publications, (2005).
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
  Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
  Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, published by Clarion Books, is a 2004 historical fiction book by Gary D. Schmidt. The book received the Newbery Honor in 2005 and was selected as a Michael L. Printz Honor that same year. The book was based on a real event...
  
  . New York: Clarion, (2004).
• Mara's Stories. New York: Henry Holt, (2001).
• Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, (2000).
• Anson's Way. New York: Clarion Books, (1999).
• William Bradford: Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, (1999).
• The Sin Eater. New York: Dutton Publishers, (1996).

External links

• Gary Schmidt Faculty Webpage at Calvin College