Louis Sachar
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1954 –
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Who is Louis Sachar?
Louis Sachar is an American writer of children's books. He is best known for the series Sideways Stories From Wayside School and for the novels Pig City, in the UK, and Holes, which he has followed with two sequels.
Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1954
East Meadow - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Carla Jean Askew
(1985/05/26 - )
- Carla Jean Askew
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Antioch College
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
- Lived in
- Tustin
(1963 - ) - New York
- Austin
- Tustin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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