Occupation Writer Role Author | Name Allan Woodrow Nationality American | |
Born November 6, 1964 (age 60) ( 1964-11-06 ) Genre Children's Literature, Middle Grade | ||
Allan Woodrow (born November 6, 1964) is an American author of children's literature, mostly middle grade fiction. His first book, the Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless, debuted in 2011 and was published by HarperCollins Children's Books.
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Biography
Woodrow is a writer of books for children. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and was raised in Okemos, Michigan, a suburb of East Lansing. Allan attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and then became an advertising copywriter in Detroit, Michigan. He later continued his advertising career in St. Louis and Chicago, where he met and married the former Lauren Cohn. They currently reside outside Chicago and have two children.
Woodrow began writing children's literature in 2009, and by the end of the year had sold his first book, the Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless, a graphic novel illustrated by Aaron Blecha. Allan is also the writer of Class Dismissed (Scholastic, 2015)The Pet War (Scholastic, 2013) and contributed to the collection Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs (Scholastic, 2014). Also, under the pen name Fowler DeWitt, he is the author of The Contagious Colors of Mumpley Middle School (Simon & Schuster, 2013). Woodrow took the pen name from two towns near where he grew up, Fowler, Michigan and DeWitt, Michigan. A sequel to Mumpley Middle School, The Amazing Wilmer Dooley (Simon & Schuster, 2014) was released in August 2014.
Works
Class Dismissed (Scholastic Press, October 27, 2015)
The Pet War (Scholastic Press, October 29, 2013)
The Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless (HarperCollins, April 26, 2011)
The Contagious Colors of Mumpley Middle School (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, September 3, 2013); Written as Fowler DeWitt
The Amazing Wilmer Dooley (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, August 26, 2014); Written as Fowler DeWitt
Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs (Scholastic, January 28, 2014)
Reception
Of Class Dismissed, Kirkus Reviews writes, "Aimed equally at boys and girls, this engaging comedy offers some life lessons with a giggle."
Of The Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless, Publishers Weekly writes, "If it's true that everyone loves a bad boy, Zachary should attract a sizable fan base," adding that "Blecha's high-energy cartoons add extra absurdity to this pun-studded slice of frivolity, which is likely to snare reluctant readers with a fondness for slapstick."