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==Life== Clements was born in [[Camden, New Jersey]], and lived in nearby [[Oaklyn, New Jersey|Oaklyn]] and [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]] before moving to [[Springfield, Illinois]] as a pre-teen.<ref name="Favorite">{{cite book|title=Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators|editor=E. Russell Primm III|publisher=Tradition Books|location=Excelsior, MN|year=2003|volume=1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/favoritechildren0000unse/page/150 150β3]|isbn=1-59187-018-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/favoritechildren0000unse/page/150}}</ref><ref name = nyt>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/books/andrew-clements-dead.html|title = Andrew Clements, 70, Dies; Wrote Best-Selling Children's Books|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = December 15, 2019|accessdate = May 19, 2021|last = Sandomir|first = Richard|authorlink = Richard Sandomir}}</ref> As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in [[Maine]] where he spent his days swimming, hiking, water skiing, and his evenings reading books. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from [[Northwestern University]] and a Masters of Arts in Elementary Education from [[National Louis University]], he worked as a teacher, sharing his love of reading with elementary, middle, and high school students.<ref name="Favorite" /> He worked for several publishing companies where he published, acquired, edited, marketed, and developed quality children's books. In 1985, Clements added his own work to the market with a picture book entitled ''Bird Delbert''. His first novel was the award-winning ''[[Frindle]]'', which has won 16 state book awards, as well as the [[Christopher Award]]. Clements was married to the former Rebecca Pierpont, and they had four sons.<ref name = nyt/> He died at his home in [[Baldwin, Maine]], on November 28, 2019, at age 70 from an undisclosed illness.<ref name = nyt/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maughan {{!}} |first=Shannon |title=Obituary: Andrew Clements |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81881-obituary-andrew-clements.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>
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