Gary Blackwood (author)

Gary Blackwood, born on October 23, 1945 in Meadville, Pennsylvania,^[1] is an American author who has written many popular fiction and nonfiction books for young readers including The Shakespeare Stealer, Shakespeare's Scribe, and Shakespeare's Spy.^[2] He sold his first story when he was nineteen.^[3]

Works

• The Lion and the Unicorn (1983)
• Wild Timothy (1987)
• The Dying Sun (1989)
• Beyond the Door (1991)
• Time Masters (1995)
• The Shakespeare Stealer (1998)
• Moonshine (1999)
• Shakespeare's Scribe (1998)
• The Year of the Hangman (2002)
• Shakespeare's Spy (2003)
• Second Sight (2005)
• The Great Race: The Amazing Round-the-World Auto Race of 1908 (2008)
• Mysterious Messages: A History of Codes and Ciphers (October 2009)
• Around the World in 100 Days (November 2010)
• Curiosity (2014) ^[4]

Awards

• 1990 Friends of American Writers Best Young Adult Novel for The Dying Sun^[5]
• Ozark Creative Writers Conference 1st prize for Attack of the Mushroom People
• Missouri Scriptworks 1st prize for Dark Horse
• 1999 ALA Best Book for Young Adults for The Shakespeare Stealer^[6]
• 2010 Smithsonian's Notable Books for Children for Around the World in 100 Days ^[7]
• 2010 Best Books for Teens by Kirkus Book Reviews ^[8]

References