Jerry Spinelli
Born:
February 01, 1941
in Norristown, PA, The United States
Genre:
Literature & Fiction
When Jerry Spinelli was a kid, he wanted to grow up to be either a cowboy or a baseball player. He grew up in rural Pennsylvania and went to college at Gettysburg College and Johns Hopkins University. He has published more than 25 books and has six children and 16 grandchildren Jerry Spinelli began writing when he was 16 — not much older than the hero of his book Maniac Magee. After his high school football team won a big game, his classmates ran cheering through the streets — all except Spinelli, who went home and wrote a poem about the victory. When his poem was published in the local paper, Spinelli decided to become a writer instead of a major-league shortstop.
In most of his books, Spinelli writes about events and feelings from his own childhood. He also gets a lot of material from his seven adventurous kids! Spinelli and his wife, Eileen, also a children's
These are some of Jerry Spinelli's books:
Born:
February 01, 1941
in Norristown, PA, The United States
Genre:
Literature & Fiction
When Jerry Spinelli was a kid, he wanted to grow up to be either a cowboy or a baseball player. He grew up in rural Pennsylvania and went to college at Gettysburg College and Johns Hopkins University. He has published more than 25 books and has six children and 16 grandchildren Jerry Spinelli began writing when he was 16 — not much older than the hero of his book Maniac Magee. After his high school football team won a big game, his classmates ran cheering through the streets — all except Spinelli, who went home and wrote a poem about the victory. When his poem was published in the local paper, Spinelli decided to become a writer instead of a major-league shortstop.
In most of his books, Spinelli writes about events and feelings from his own childhood. He also gets a lot of material from his seven adventurous kids! Spinelli and his wife, Eileen, also a children's
These are some of Jerry Spinelli's books:
- Space Station Seventh Grade. Boston: Little, Brown, 1982.
- Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? Boston: Little, Brown, 1984.
- Jason and Marceline. Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.
- Maniac Magee. Boston: Little, Brown, 1990.
- There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1991.
- Crash. New York: Random House, 1996.
- The Wringer. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
- Stargirl. New York: Random House, 2000.
- Loser. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
- Milkweed. New York: HarperTrophy, 2003.
- Eggs. Boston: Little, Brown, 2007.
- Smiles to Go. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.