Gary Schmidt

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Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan,^{[citation needed]} with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College where he is in charge of the english department .

His most recent novel as of May 2007, The Wednesday Wars, was named a 2008 Newbery Honor book.

[edit] Published works

Trouble. New York: Clarion Books, (2008).
The Wednesday Wars. New York: Clarion Books, (2007).
First Boy. New York: Henry Holt, (2005).
In God's Hands. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publications, (2005).
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. New York: Clarion, (2004).
Mara's Stories. New York: Henry Holt, (2001).
Anson's Way. New York: Clarion Books, (1999).
Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, (2000).
The Sin Eater. New York: Dutton Publishers, (1996).