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Gary D. Schmidt

Born April 15, 1957

Gary D. Schmidt is a Professor of English at Calvin College, where he teaches courses in writing, medieval literature, and children’s literature. He is the author of the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor-winning novel Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (2004), the Newbery Honor- winning The Wednesday Wars (2007), and Okay for Now, a National Book Award finalist in 2011. He lives on a two-hundred-year-old farm in Alto, Michigan.

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Almost Time

Almost Time

Styx and Stones

Styx and Stones

2026

with Ron Koertge

A Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach

2025

with Ron Koertge

Jupiter Rising

Jupiter Rising

2024
The Labors of Hercules Beal

The Labors of Hercules Beal

2023
Just Like That

Just Like That

2021
Pay Attention, Carter Jones

Pay Attention, Carter Jones

2019
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom

So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom

2018
Orbiting Jupiter

Orbiting Jupiter

2015
Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life

Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life

2015

with Mike Winchell, Chris Rylander, Julia Alvarez, Nathan Hale, Kate Messner, Grace Lin and Lisa Yee

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert

2012
What Came from the Stars

What Came from the Stars

2012
Okay for Now

Okay for Now

2011
Trouble

Trouble

2008
The Wednesday Wars

The Wednesday Wars

2007
First Boy

First Boy

2005
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

2004
Straw into gold

Straw into gold

2001