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Gary Paulsen


Born
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States
May 17, 1939

Died
October 13, 2021

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature


Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 691,132 ratings · 46,467 reviews · 408 distinct works • Similar authors
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
3.79 avg rating — 449,694 ratings — published 1987 — 194 editions
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Brian's Winter (Brian's Sag...
4.05 avg rating — 35,003 ratings — published 1996 — 57 editions
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The River (Brian's Saga, #2)
3.83 avg rating — 32,554 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Brian's Return (Brian's Sag...
3.98 avg rating — 19,199 ratings — published 1999 — 48 editions
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Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga,...
4.04 avg rating — 14,249 ratings — published 2003 — 41 editions
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Winterdance: The Fine Madne...
4.29 avg rating — 8,684 ratings — published 1994 — 38 editions
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Woods Runner
3.85 avg rating — 9,378 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions
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Lawn Boy
3.74 avg rating — 8,692 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions
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Harris and Me
4.23 avg rating — 6,231 ratings — published 1993 — 28 editions
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The Transall Saga
4.22 avg rating — 5,972 ratings — published 1998 — 27 editions
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“If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books.
The book needs you.”
― Gary Paulsen, The Winter Room
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“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
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“I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.”
― Gary Paulsen
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Polls

September 2016 New School Group Read

 
  41 votes, 19.3%

 
  35 votes, 16.5%

 
  23 votes, 10.8%

 
  23 votes, 10.8%

 
  21 votes, 9.9%

1996, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pages
 
  20 votes, 9.4%

 
  19 votes, 9.0%

1997, American Pastoral by Philip Roth, 432 pages
 
  11 votes, 5.2%

1986, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, 208 pages
 
  10 votes, 4.7%

1965, The Magus by John Fowles, 656 pages
 
  9 votes, 4.2%

212 total votes
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