Gordon Korman
Career: Changed age from 14 to 13 based on the “About the Author” in his book titled “Island; Book 1 Shipwreck”. It states he wrote his first book, “This can’t be happening at MacDonald Hall” at the age of thirteen.
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Korman wrote his first book when he was 13 years old, as part of an English class taught by a PE teacher in 7th grade.{{Cite web|title=About Gordon Korman – Gordon Korman|url=https://gordonkorman.com/more-resources/about-gordon-korman-2|access-date=May 29, 2021|website=gordonkorman.com}} This became the manuscript for ''[[This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall]]'', the first book in his [[Macdonald Hall]] series. Korman was the Scholastic Arrow Book Club monitor for the class; after completing the assignment, he mailed his manuscript to Scholastic. ''This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall'' was published by [[Scholastic Press]] in 1978 when Korman was only |
Korman wrote his first book when he was 13 years old, as part of an English class taught by a PE teacher in 7th grade.{{Cite web|title=About Gordon Korman – Gordon Korman|url=https://gordonkorman.com/more-resources/about-gordon-korman-2|access-date=May 29, 2021|website=gordonkorman.com}} This became the manuscript for ''[[This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall]]'', the first book in his [[Macdonald Hall]] series. Korman was the Scholastic Arrow Book Club monitor for the class; after completing the assignment, he mailed his manuscript to Scholastic. ''This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall'' was published by [[Scholastic Press]] in 1978 when Korman was only 13 years old. Before graduating from high school in [[Thornhill, Ontario]], Korman wrote and published five books. |
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Korman has written 105 books,{{Cite web|title=Gordon Korman |url=https://www.scholastic.ca/gordonkorman/|access-date=July 3, 2022|website=Scholastic Canada}} with his hundredth being ''The Fort''. His books have sold over 35 million copies{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}. |
Korman has written 105 books,{{Cite web|title=Gordon Korman |url=https://www.scholastic.ca/gordonkorman/|access-date=July 3, 2022|website=Scholastic Canada}} with his hundredth being ''The Fort''. His books have sold over 35 million copies{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}. |
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