Gary D Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels. Both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor was awarded to the book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and a Newbery Honor was awarded to The Wednesday Wars. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College, which is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.He lives with his family on a 150-year-old farm in Alto, Michigan, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, and feeds the wild cats that drop by.

Contents

• Orbiting jupiter by gary d schmidt
• Trouble by gary d schmidt
• Published works
• References

Published works

The Sin Eater (Dutton Publishers; New York; 1996)

William Bradford: Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim (Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids; 1999)

Anson's Way (Clarion Books; New York; 1999)

Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland (Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids, MI; 2000)

Mara's Stories (Henry Holt; New York; 2001)

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (New York; Clarion Books; 2004)

In God's Hands (Jewish Lights Publications; Woodstock, Vermont; 2005)

First Boy (Henry Holt; New York; 2005)

The Wednesday Wars (Clarion Books; New York; 2007)

Trouble (Clarion Books; New York; 2008)

Okay for Now (Clarion Books; New York; 2011)

What Came from the Stars (Clarion Books; New York; 2012)

Orbiting Jupiter

Straw to Gold

The Blessing of the Lord