The Island, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1988. Amos Goes Bananas, Dell (New York, NY), 1995. Award, and Parenting Best Book of the Year citation, all 1990, all for The Winter Room; Parents' Choice Award, 1991, for The Boy Who Owned the School; ALAN Award, 1991; Booklist Editor's Choice citation, Society of Midland Authors Book Award, and Spur Award from Western Writers of America, all 1991, all for Woodsong; Spur Award, 1993, for The Haymeadow; Booklist Books for Youth Top of the List citation, 1993, for Harris and Me; Children's Choice citations, IRA/Children's Book Council, 1994, for Nightjohn and Dogteam; Children's Literature Award finalist, PEN In books like Nightjohn, Mr. Tucket, and The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West Paulsen draws on history for literary inspiration. And he continues to write enthusiastically, commenting that he has 'fallen in love with writing, with the dance of it.' Dunc and the Greased Sticks of Doom, Dell (New York, NY), 1994. Father Water, Mother Woods: Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1994. But, conversely, I also realized I didn't know a thing about writing professionally. 727-728; January 15, 1993, Ilene Cooper, review of Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey, p. 850; February 15, 1994, Hazel Rochman, review of Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod, p. 1051; March 15, 1995, review of Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered, p. 1323; December 15, 1995, Hazel Rochman, review of Brian's Winter, p. 700; January 1, 1998, Stephanie Zvirin, review of My Life in Dog Years, p. 799; May 15, 1998, Roger Leslie, review of The Transall Saga, p. 1623; June 1, 1998, Carolyn Phelan, review of Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War, p. 1750; January 1, 1999, reviews of My Life in Dog Years and Soldier's Heart, p. 782, and Stephanie Zvirin, interview with Paulsen, p. 864; February 1, 1999, review of Brian's Return, p. 975, and Kay Weisman, review of Canoe Days, p. 982; February 15, 1999, Karen Harris, review of Sarny: A Life Remembered, p. 1084; June 1, 1999, Roger Leslie, review of Alida's Song, p. 1816; December 1, 1999, Kay Weisman, review of Tucket's Gold, p. 707; July, 2000, review of The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer, p. 2033; August, 2000, Gillian Engberg, review of The White Fox Chronicles, p. 2131; September 1, 2000, Kay Weisman, review of Tucket's Home, p. 119; December 1, 2000, Stephanie Zvirin, review of The Beet Fields, p. 693; February 15, 2001, Kelly Milner Halls, review of Guts: The True Story behind Hatchet and the Brian Books, p. 1128; August, 2001, Elaine Hanson, review of Tucket's Home, p. 2142; September 15, 2001, review of Caught by the Sea: My Life in Boats, p. 222; December 15, 2002, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports, p. 754; August, 2003, Kathleen Odean, review of Shelf Life: Stories by the Book, p. 1983; September 1, 2003, Ilene Cooper, review of The Glass Café; or, The Stripperand the State: How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous, p. 115; January 1, 2004, Michael Cart, review of Brian's Hunt, p. 848; May 15, 2004, Hazel Rochman, review of The Quilt, p. 1632; January 1, 2005, Cindy Welch, review of The Time Hackers, p. 860; July 1, 2006, Todd Morning, review of The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech, p. 52. Encyclopedia.com. Eastern Sun, Winter Moon (adult nonfiction), Harcourt (New York, NY), 1993. Clutterkill, Harlequin (Tarrytown, NY), 1982. Paulsen, Gary, Pilgrimage on a Steelride: A Memoir about Men and Motorcycles, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1997. For food, we had a few beaver carcasses…. Salvner, Gary M., Presenting Gary Paulsen, Twayne (New York, NY), 1996. Something About the Author. Alida's Song, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1999. Pummeling, Falling, and Getting Up—Sometimes, photographs by Heinz Kluetmeier and Joe DiMaggio, Raintree Press (Milwaukee, WI), 1979. Dancing Carl, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY), 1983, reprinted, Aladdin (New York, NY), 2007. Murphy's Herd, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 1989. Flight of the Hawk, Dell (New York, NY), 1998. . A writer of popular and finely wrought young adult novels and nonfiction with sales totaling more than three million worldwide, Gary Paulsen joined a select group of YA writers when he received the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring an author's lifetime achievement in writing books for teens. Like Russel in Dogsong, Hatchet's hero is also transformed by the wilderness. Writing of that experience a half century later in Riverbank Review, Paulsen noted that he "lived essentially as a street child in Manila, because my parents were alcoholics and I was not supervised. The White Fox Chronicles is a departure for Paulsen in its futuristic setting and a plot that a Publishers Weekly. Monument, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1991. The Madonna Stories, Van Vliet (Minneapolis, MN), 1989. The writer is married to Ruth Wright Paulsen, his … Home—La Luz, NM; Willow, AK. Society of Midland Authors Book Award, 1985, for Tracker; Parents' Choice Award, Parents' Choice Foundation, 1985, Newbery Honor Book citation, 1986, and Children's Book of the Year Award, Child Study Association of America, 1986, all for Dogsong; Newbery Honor Book citation, 1988, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 1989, both for Hatchet; Parenting magazine Reading-Magic Award, Teachers' Choice Award, International Reading Association (IRA), and Best Books of the Year citation, Learning magazine, all 1990, all for The Voyage of the Frog; Newbery Honor Book citation, Judy Lopez Memorial Award, and Parenting Best Book of the Year citation, all 1990, all for The Winter Room; Parents' Choice Award, 1991, for The Boy Who Owned the School; ALAN Award, 1991; Society of Midland Authors Book Award, and Spur Award from Western Writers of America, both 1991, both for Woodsong; Spur Award, 1993, for The Haymeadow; Booklist Books for Youth Top of the List citation, 1993, for Harris and Me; Children's Choice citations, IRA/Children's Book Council, 1994, for Nightjohn and Dogteam; Children's Literature Award finalist, PEN Center USA West, 1994, for Sisters/Hermanas; Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, 1997; Parents' Choice Award, 2007, and National Council for Social Studies/Children's Book Council Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies designation, New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award, Texas Bluebonnet Award nomination, and ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers designation, all 2008, all for Lawn Boy; Chicago Tribune Young-Adult Book Prize, 2007. A writer of popular and finely wrought young-adult novels and nonfiction, Gary Paulsen joined a select group of YA writers when he received the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring an author's lifetime achievement in writing books for teens. His writing has been praised for its almost poetic effect, and he is also credited with creating vivid descriptions of his characters' emotional states. A Publishers Weekly reviewer commented, "Charley comes across fully human, both his vulnerabilities and strengths becoming more pronounced as the novel progresses. The River, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1991. Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 1987, p. B5. Amos Gets Married, Dell (New York, NY), 1995. Amos and the Chameleon Caper, Dell (New York, NY), 1996. It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. . https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/paulsen-gary-1939, "Paulsen, Gary 1939- Canoe Days, illustrated by R.W. Waging a one-writer campaign against illiteracy, Paulsen has consciously crafted his books with clean, spare language in order to attract reluctant readers. Night Rituals, Bantam (New York, NY), 1991. (Author of introduction) Jack London, The Call of the Wild, illustrated by Barry Moser, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1994. Communications (one-act), produced in New Mexico, 1974. Paulsen describes a different kind of growing up in Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered and The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech, which are set in rural American homes. Coronavirus Update. Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 4th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1995. Writing of that experience a half century later in Riverbank Review, Paulsen noted that he "lived essentially as a street child in Manila, because my parents were alcoholics and I was not supervised. Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Horn Book, August, 1983, pp. The Glass Café; or, The Stripper and the State: How My Mother Started a War with the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous, Wendy Lamb Books (New York, NY), 2003. Agent—Jennifer Flannery, 34-36 28th St., Ste. In addition to problems at school, he faced many ordeals at home. Paulsen Gary, Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1996. Paulsen, Bradbury (Scarsdale, NY), 1990. They quickly learn that Carl is much more than that; he takes over the skating rink with the power of his presence, and over the course of the winter becomes the topic of the whole town's conversations. Together-Apart, (one-act), produced in Denver, CO, at Changing Scene Theater, 1976. Sarny: A Life Remembered, Bantam (New York, NY), 1997. I roared through everything she gave me and in the summer read a book a day. Paulsen's acclaimed young adult fiction—all written since the 1980s—often centers around teenage characters who arrive at an understanding of themselves and their world through pivotal experiences with nature. The Foxman, Thomas Nelson (Nashville, TN), 1977. Hitting, Pitching, and Running Maybe, Raintree (Milwaukee, WI), 1976. Paulsen eventually won the case, but, as he noted, "the whole situation was so nasty and ugly that I stopped writing. Sarny was reprised as a character in the 1997 Sarny: A Life Remembered, in which the former slave narrates her life in 1930 from the ripe old age of ninety-four.