Occupation Author Genre Children's literature Nationality American Name Adam Gidwitz | Alma mater Columbia University Role Author Period 2011–present Education Columbia University | |
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Born February 14, 1982 (age 42)
San Francisco, CA ( 1982-02-14 ) Notable works A Tale Dark and Grimm, In A Glass Grimmly, The Grimm Conclusion Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children's Books A Tale Dark and Grimm, In a Glass Grimmly, The Grimm Conclusion, Guys Read: Terrifying, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes B Similar People Jon Scieszka, Dav Pilkey, R L Stine | ||
Grimm's Cinderella (as told by Adam Gidwitz)
Adam Gidwitz (born February 14, 1982) is the author of the best selling children's books A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010), In a Glass Grimmly (2012), and The Grimm Conclusion (2012), all published by Dutton Penguin. He received a Newbery Honor for The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2016).
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- Grimms Cinderella as told by Adam Gidwitz
- Adam gidwitz teaches the force to readers
- Early life
- References
Adam gidwitz teaches the force to readers
Early life
He was born in San Francisco in 1982 but grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Columbia University where he majored in English Literature and spent his junior year abroad in the University's Oxford/Cambridge Scholars program. After college he became a teacher at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn. He credits a stint as a substitute librarian as the inspiration for writing The Grimm Trilogy. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, writting full-time.
