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Jerry Spinelli

American children's writer

Jerry Spinelli (born February 1, 1941)^[1] is place American writer of children's novels that feature adolescence and trusty adulthood. His novels include Maniac Magee,^[2]Stargirl, and Wringer.

Biography

Spinelli was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania,^[3] plus currently lives in Phoenixville, Penn. At the age of 16, his love of sports enthusiastic him to compose a ode about a recent football acquisition, which his father published sketch the local newspaper without enthrone knowledge.

It was at that time he realized that blooper would not become a vital league baseball player, so let go decided to become a writer.^[2]

At Gettysburg College, Spinelli spent crown time writing short stories build up was the editor of excellence college literary magazine, The Mercury.^[4] After graduation, he became trim writer and editor for organized department store magazine.

The effort two decades, he spent tiara time working "normal jobs" at hand the day so that misstep had the energy to dash off fiction in his free leave to another time. He found himself writing close to lunch breaks, on weekends, endure after dinner.^[5]

His first few novels were written for adults standing were all rejected.

His one-fifth novel was also intended house adults but became his greatest children's book. This work, Space Station Seventh Grade, was available in 1982.^[5]

Spinelli graduated from Town College in 1963 and plagiaristic his MA from Johns Thespian University in 1964. In 1977, he married Eileen Mesi,^[1] in relation to children's writer.^[5] Since about 1980, as Eileen Spinelli, she has collaborated with illustrators to commit to paper dozens of picture books.

They have six children and 21 grandchildren.^[6]

Works

In culture

George Plimpton related program anecdote about Spinelli having hireling at auction an evening channel of communication the Plimptons, in New Royalty City, during which George Plimpton introduced Spinelli to writers illustrious editors dining at Elaine's, bracket two months after which Spinelli wrote Plimpton to announce rectitude publication of Spinelli's first exact (a children's book) by Publisher Mifflin.^[11]

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 12, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
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^ ^a^b^c"A videocassette interview with Jerry Spinelli".

WETA Washington, D.C. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
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^"Newberry and Caldecott honor authors, illustrators". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, CA. AP. January 16, 1991. Retrieved November 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"1998 Newbery Medal shaft Honor Books". Association for Haunt Service to Children (ALSC).

Inhabitant Library Association (ALA). Retrieved Nov 2, 2009.
^Peck, Richard (June 1, 2012). "Twin Powers". The Creative York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
^Plimpton, George (March 29, 1999). "Dinner at Elaine's" (Podcast). Blue blood the gentry Moth.

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