Editing Andrew Clements (section)

{{Short description|American writer (1949–2019)}}
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{{more sources|date=December 2019}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Andrew Clements
| image = Andrew Clements crop.jpg
| imagesize = 215px
| caption = Clements at a [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] book fair in 2008
| birth_name = Andrew Elborn Clements
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|5|29}}
| birth_place = [[Camden, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|28|1949|5|29}}
| death_place = [[Baldwin, Maine]], U.S.
| occupation = Writer, editor, educator
| period = 1985–2019
| spouse = Rebecca Clements
| children = 4
| genre = Children's literature
| website = {{URL|andrewclements.com}}
}}
'''Andrew Elborn Clements''' (May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019) was an American author of [[children's literature]]. His [[debut novel]] ''[[Frindle]]'' won an award determined by the vote of U.S. schoolchildren in about 20 different U.S. states. In June 2015, ''Frindle'' was named the [[Phoenix Award]] winner for 2016, as it was the best book that did not win a major award when it was published.<ref name=phoenix/>