Louis Sachar | |
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| Born | March 20, 1954 East Meadow, New York, U.S. |
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| Genre | Children's fiction |
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| Spouse |
Carla Askew (m. 1985) |
| Children | 1 |
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Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər;[1] born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes.
Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature[2] and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[3] In 2013, it was ranked sixth among all children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.[4]
- ^ "About". Louis Sachar. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
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"National Book Awards – 1998". National Book Foundation. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
(With acceptance speech by Sachar.) - ^
"Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children. (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
"The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved March 26, 2012. - ^ Bird, Elizabeth (July 7, 2012). "Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results". A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2015.