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Gordon Korman

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox writer Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian author of children's and young adult fiction books.<ref name="gordonkorman.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Korman's books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide over a career spanning four decades and have appeared at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early lifeEdit

Korman was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he lived until 1970.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He grew up in Thornhill, Ontario (just north of Toronto) and attended German Mills Public School and public high school at Thornlea Secondary School.<ref name="gordonkorman.com"/><ref name="thestar.com">Template:Cite news</ref>

He moved to the United States to attend university at New York University where he studied film and film-writing.<ref name="www2.scholastic.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Korman received a BFA from New York University in 1985;<ref name= "gordonkorman.com"/> with a degree in dramatic visual writing and a minor in motion picture and television.

CareerEdit

Korman wrote his first book when he was 14 years old, as part of an English class taught by a PE teacher in 7th grade.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This became the manuscript for This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, the first book in his Macdonald Hall series.<ref name= "gordonkorman.com" /> Korman was the Scholastic Arrow Book Club monitor for the class; after completing the assignment, he mailed his manuscript to Scholastic.<ref name="www2.scholastic.com" /> This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall was published by Scholastic Press in 1978 when Korman was only 14 years old.<ref name="gordonkorman.com" /> Before graduating from high school in Thornhill, Ontario, Korman wrote and published five books.<ref name="thestar.com" />

Korman has written 105 books,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with his hundredth being The Fort. His books have sold more than 35 million copiesTemplate:Citation needed.

WorksEdit

Standalone booksEdit

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  • No More Dead Dogs (2000)
  • Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America (2003)
  • Jake, Reinvented (2003)
  • Born To Rock (2006)
  • Schooled (2007)
  • The Juvie Three (2008)
  • Pop (2009)
  • Restart (2017)
  • Whatshisface (2018)
  • The Unteachables (2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Notorious (2019)
  • War Stories (2020)
  • Unplugged (2021)
  • Linked (2021)
  • Operation Do-Over (2022)
  • The Fort (2022)
  • The Superteacher Project (2023)
  • Mixed Up (2023)
  • Slugfest (2024)
  • Faker (2024)
  • Old School (2025)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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SeriesEdit

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Macdonald Hall seriesEdit

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Bugs PotterEdit

  • Who is Bugs Potter? (1980)
  • Bugs Potter LIVE at Nickaninny (1983)

Jeremy BloomEdit

  • The D− Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About School, Homework, and Life (Sort Of) (1992)
  • The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes) (1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Monday Night Football ClubEdit

  • The Quarterback Exchange: I Was John Elway (1997)
  • Running Back Conversion: I Was Barry Sanders (1997)
  • Super Bowl Switch: I Was Dan Marino (1997)
  • Heavy Artillery: I Was Junior Seau (1997)
  • Ultimate Scoring Machine: I Was Jerry Rice (1998)
  • NFL Rules! Bloopers, Pranks, Upsets, and Touchdowns (1998)

Slapshots seriesEdit

  • The Stars From Mars (1999)
  • The Dream Team (formerly The All-Mars All-Stars) (1999)
  • The Face-off Phony (2000)
  • Cup Crazy (2000)
    • 4-in-1 Slapshots: The Complete Collection (2008)

Nose Pickers seriesEdit

  • Nose Pickers from Outer Space! (1999)
  • Planet of the Nose Pickers (2000)
  • Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker (2000)
  • Invasion of the Nose Pickers (2001)
    • 4-in-1 The Ultimate Nose-Picker Collection (2006)

Island seriesEdit

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  • Shipwreck (2001)
  • Survival (2001)
  • Escape (2001)
    • 3-in-1 Island Trilogy Bind-Up Book (2006)

Son of the MobEdit

Dive seriesEdit

  • The Discovery (2003)
  • The Deep (2003)
  • The Danger (2003)

On the Run seriesEdit

  • Chasing the Falconers (2005)
  • The Fugitive Factor (2005)
  • Now You See Them, Now You Don't (2005)
  • The Stowaway Solution (2005)
  • Public Enemies (2005)
  • Hunting the Hunter (2006)

Kidnapped seriesEdit

  • The Abduction (2006)
  • The Search (2006)
  • The Rescue (2006)

The 39 CluesEdit

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Swindle seriesEdit

Titanic seriesEdit

  • Unsinkable (2011)
  • Collision Course (2011)
  • S.O.S (2011)

Ungifted seriesEdit

Everest seriesEdit

  • The Contest (2002)
  • The Climb (2002)
  • The Summit (2002)

Hypnotists seriesEdit

  • The Hypnotists (2013)
  • Memory Maze (2014)
  • The Dragonfly Effect (2015)

Slacker seriesEdit

  • Slacker (2016)
  • Level 13: A Slacker Novel (2019)

Masterminds seriesEdit

  • Masterminds (2015)
  • Masterminds: Criminal Destiny (2016)
  • Masterminds: Payback (2017)

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AdaptationsEdit

The Monday Night Football Club series was adapted as the Disney Channel TV series The Jersey, which ran for four years between 1999 and 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Swindle was adapted into a movie that aired on Nickelodeon in 2013.Template:Citation needed

Three Macdonald Hall series books were TV adapted as the "Bruno & Boots" miniseries, with Go Jump in the Pool, This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, and The War with Mr. Wizzle (as The Wizzle War). It starred Jonny Gray, Callan Potter and Peter Keleghan. It debuted on April 1, 2016, firstly with Go Jump In The Pool, on the Canadian network YTV.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The other two adaptations aired on YTV the next year on the same day.

Other optioned books include No Coins, Please, I Want to Go Home, the Island trilogy and The Twinkie Squad.<ref name="gordonkorman.com" />

Awards and recognitionEdit

  • Air Canada Award for promising authors in Canada, at age 17<ref name="stellaraward.ca">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1991 Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award (chosen by Manitoba schoolchildren), The Zucchini Warriors (1988)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 1999 ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, The Toilet Paper Tigers (1993)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2001 American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, Losing Joe's Place (1990)<ref name="ala.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2001 ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, The Chicken Doesn't Skate (1993)<ref name="ala.org"/>
  • 2003 ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, Son of the Mob (2002)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2003 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (chosen by Pacific NW schoolchildren), Intermediate Division (Grades 7–9), No More Dead Dogs (2003)<ref name=PNLA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2004 ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Jake Reinvented (2003)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2005 PNLA Young Reader's Choice Award – Intermediate, Son of the Mob (2002)<ref name=PNLA/>
  • 2010 PNLA Young Reader's Choice Award – Intermediate, Schooled (2007)<ref name=PNLA/>
  • 2010–2011 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (by a vote of Arkansas schoolchildren), Swindle (2008)<ref name=ASL/><ref name=ASLwinners/>
  • 2011–2012 Charlie May Simon Award, Zoobreak (2009)<ref name=ASL>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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