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Louis Sachar (b. March 20, 1954) is an American author of children's books. His works include: ''Johnny's in the Basement, Someday Angeline, Holes'' (which won the Newbery Medal, National Book Award, and more tikes's literature awards & was adapted into the successful film by Walt Disney Pictures in 2003), The Boy Who Lost His Face, ''Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, Marvin Redpost, and Sideways Stories From Wayside School. In the book Sideways Stories from Wayside School'', all the kids were named after people he met at his school. His family name is pronounced "sacker."

Biography
Louis Sachar was natural withinside 1954 in East Meadow, New York, moved to southern California when he was nine, and currently sleep in Austin, Texas.

Louis's foremost book for kids, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, was accepted for publication during his foremost week of law school. When attending college, he went to work on an elementary school, where he was asked to become a "Noon Time Supervisor" to follow a children in the period of tiffin.

He played games by owning a children & earned a nickname, "Louis, the Yard Teacher." Although Louis graduated & passed a bar exam, he decided to be the good-whale writer for youngsters like than an attorney.

Louis met his married woman, Carlthe, while he was the camping creator at a school around Texas. She was a counselor at the equivalent school. She was a inspiration behind a counselor inside ''There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom''. It have a girl, Sherre, innate inside 1987. She was 4 years old while he began writing the Marvin Redpost series, which is how come Marvin has a 4-season-old sister.

Books: Louis Sachar's Success Story
Austin Chronicle article examines the national attention local author Louis Sachar is gaining.

Louis Sachar - Teacher Resource Page
Collection of links for teachers using Sachar's works in the classroom.

Online NewsHour: Edward Ball -- November 24, 1998
Sachar discusses his writing career and his Newbery-award winning novel holes in this interview. Also available in RealAudio.

Meet the Author/Illustrator - Louis Sachar
Sachar tells the story of his own life.

Author Louis Sachar Wins 1999 Newbery Medal
Official American Library Association article proclaiming Sachar's "Holes" the 1999 Newbery winner.


Kids and Teens: People and Society: Biography: Authors: Sachar, Louis






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