Paulsen's concern with literacy is personal: he still believes, as he told David Gale in a School Library Journal interview celebrating his Margaret A.
Edwards Award, that "there's nothing that has happened to me that would have happened if a librarian hadn't got me to read All of our knowledge, everything we are—is locked up in books, and if you can't read, it's lost.
It is exactly this empathic power that has made him such a popular and respected author. As Gary M. Salvner commented in Writers for Young Adults: "Whether angry or happy, whether writing about survival or growing up, Gary Paulsen is always a hopeful writer, for he believes that young people must be respected as they are guided into adulthood.
And he continues to write enthusiastically, commenting that he has 'fallen in love with writing, with the dance of it. In awarding the writer the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the award committee, as noted in School Library Journal, commented on this empathetic trait: "With his intense love of the outdoors and crazy courage born of adversity, Paulsen reached young adults everywhere.
His writing conveys respect for their intelligence and ability to overcome life's worst realities. As Paulsen himself has said, 'I know if there is any hope at all for the human race, it has to come from young people. Drew, Bernard A.
Booklist, November 1, , p. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, February, , pp. Kirkus Reviews, July 15, , review of The Crossing, p. Kliatt, May, , p. Marcus, interview with Paulsen, p. School Library Journal, October, , p. Wysocki, review of Soldier's Heart, p. Writers' Digest, January, , F. Serdahely, "Prolific Paulsen," July, , pp. James Press Detroit, MI , Salvner, Gary M. Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 4th edition, St.
Language Arts, September, , Ronald A. Jobe, review of Tracker, p. Reading Time, May, , p. He started working as an editor proofreader in a publishing house. He commenced writing when he was working as an editor.
He then moved to Minnesota and by the end of the summer he had completed his first novel. Within Seven months he wrote and published his 2nd book MR. He wrote a great volume of work on his personal experiences. He wrote more than books and also more than articles. He is survived by his wife and son. His final novel, Northwind, will be published in January Gary Paulsen, author of young adult adventure Hatchet, dies at age Topics Books Young adult Fiction news.
Many of Gary Paulsen's books are coming of age stories with the wilderness as their settings. Gary Paulsen didn't have much recognition or success as a writer until he wrote about his experiences in the Iditarod.
Gary Paulsen has competed in the famous Iditarod Alaskan sled dog race on two occasions. He wrote two books, Winterdance , and Woodsong , about his Iditarod experiences. In addition to the young adult, coming of age wilderness stories he writes, Gary Paulsen is also known for his western, humor, and non-fiction books.
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