Louis Sachar
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| Born: | March 20, 1954 East Meadow, New York |
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| Occupation(s): | Author |
| Genre(s): | Children |
| Website: | http://www.louissachar.com/ |
Louis Sachar (pronounced Sacker)(IPA: [sækɚ]), born March 20, 1954, is an American author of children's books.
[edit] Biography
Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York, moved to Tustin, California when he was nine, and now lives in Austin, Texas.
While attending college, he went to work at an elementary school, where he was asked to be the "Noon Time Supervisor" to watch over the kids during lunch. He played games with the kids and earned the nickname, "Louis, the Yard Teacher." Sachar's first book for children, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, was accepted for publication during his first week of law school. Although Sachar graduated and passed the bar exam, he decided to be a full-time writer for children rather than a lawyer.
Sachar met his wife, Carla, when he was a visiting author at a school in Texas. She was a counselor at the same school. She was the inspiration behind the counselor in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. They have a daughter, Sherre, born in 1987. She was four years old when he started writing the Marvin Redpost series, which is why Marvin has a four-year-old sister.
Sachar is perhaps best known for his novel Holes, which won several awards and was adapted for a movie.
Sachar has a unique style of adding complex sub-plots for minor characters in the main plot, something that is not very common in children's books. These subplots often take place in different time periods or dimensions.
