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Gary Paulsen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in , is a famous writer of young adult literature. He has written over books, as well as more than magazine articles and short stores intended for teenagers. His most famous work is Hatchet,the first in a saga all focused around the main character, Brian.

Paulsen spent most of his childhood in Minnesota; however, he also lived in the Philippines for two years (beginning when he was seven) while his father was stationed there in the military. This was Paulsen's first time meeting his father, who had not lived with them because of his military duties. Paulsen has written a few autobiographical works, including Eastern Sunand Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odysseywhich detail some of his struggles growing up, which primarily involved coping with the absence of his father, as well as his mother's alcoholism and various sexual encounters with other men. At age 14, Paulsen ran away and joined a carnival.

Paulsen often writes about his life in the prologues and epilogues of his books, and many of his works, while primarily fiction, have numerous autobiographical

Paulsen, Gary

Personal

Born May 17, , in Minneapolis, MN; son of Oscar (an army officer) and Eunice Paulsen; married third wife, Ruth Ellen Wright (an artist), May 5, ; children: (first marriage) two; (third marriage) James Wright. Education: Attended Bemidji College, , and University of Colorado, Politics: "As Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn has said, ‘If we limit ourselves to political structures we are not artists.’" Religion: "I believe in spiritual progress."

Addresses

Home—La Luz, NM; Willow, AK. Agent—Jennifer Flannery, 28th St., No. 5, Long Island City, NY

Career

Writer, beginning s. Has also worked as a teacher, field engineer, editor, actor, director, farmer, rancher, truck driver, trapper, professional archer, migrant farm worker, singer, and sailor. Participant in Iditarods, , Military service: U.S. Army, ; attained rank of sergeant.

Awards, Honors

Society of Midland Authors Book Award, , for Tracker; Parents' Choice Award, Parents' Choice Foundation, , Newbery Honor Book citation, , and Children's Book of the Year Award, Child Study Association of America, , all for Dogsong; Newbery Honor Book citation, , and Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Gary Paulsen Facts

Gary Paulsen grew up in relative poverty due to his parent's alcoholism. Gary Paulsen graduated from high school in with only a D- average. When Gary Paulsen decided to write he took a job as a proofreader and wrote in his free time at night. Gary Paulsen eventually decided that to write he needed to move to a remote cabin. He lived in a cabin in northern Minnesota. Some of Gary Paulsen's early novels include Some Birds Don't Fly (), The Special War (), Some Birds Don't Fly (), and The Implosion Effect (). Gary Paulsen's series Brian's Saga began being published in with Hatchet. He followed with The River (), Brian's Winter (), Brian's Return (), and Brian's Hunt (). Gary Paulsen's series the Mr. Tucket Saga includes Mr. Tucket (), Call Me Francis Tucket (), Tucket's Ride (), Tucket's Gold (), and Tucket's Home (). Other series written by Gary Paulsen include the Murphy series, Alida's series, World of Adventure, Tales to Tickle the Funnybone, and the Culpepper Adventures. Many of Gary Paulsen's books are coming of age stories with the wilderness as their settings. Gary Paulse

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Writer, beginning s. Has also worked as a teacher, field engineer, editor, soldier, actor, director, farmer, rancher, truck driver, trapper, professional archer, migrant farm worker, singer, and sailor. Military service: U.S. Army, ; attained rank of sergeant.

JUVENILE FICTION

The Spitball Gang, Elsevier (New York, NY),

Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights, Lodestar Books (New York, NY),

Dancing Carl, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY),

Tracker, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY),

Dogsong, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY),

Sentries, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY),

The Crossing, Orchard Books (New York, NY),

Hatchet, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY),

The Island, Orchard Books (New York, NY),

The Voyage of the Frog, Orchard Books (New York, NY),

The Winter Room, Orchard Books (New York, NY),

The Boy Who Owned the School, Orchard Books (New York, NY),

Canyons, Delacorte (New York, NY),

Woodsong, illustrated by wife, R. W. Paulsen, Bradb

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