Gary D. Schmidt

For the Wisconsin politician, see Gary J. Schmidt.

Gary D. Schmidt
Schmidt at the Mazza Museum in 2012
Schmidt at the Mazza Museum in 2012
Born (1957-04-14) April 14, 1957 (age 67)[1]
Hicksville, New York, U.S.[2]
OccupationAcademic, writer
EducationGordon College
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
GenreRealistic fiction
Notable works
Just Like That
Notable awards
Spouse
Anne E Stickney
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(m. 1979; died 2013)​
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Gary David Schmidt[5] (born April 14, 1957) is an American author of children's and young adults' fiction books. He currently resides in Alto, Michigan, where he is a professor of English at Calvin University.[6]

  1. ^ "Schmidt, Gary D. 1957–". Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ Something About the Author Volume 193, p. 169.
  3. ^ Anderson, Myrna DeVries (Spring 2006). "Opening the Book that is Gary Schmidt". Spark. Calvin College. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Announcing the New Anne Stickney Schmidt Scholarship in Young People's Literature". Hamline University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  5. ^ Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy in libraries (WorldCat catalog).
  6. ^ "Gary Schmidt | Two-time Newbery Honor-Winning Author". www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.