Gordon Korman
Author of One False Note
About the Author
Gordon Korman was born in Montreal, Canada on October 23, 1963. When his 7th-grade English teacher told the class they could have 45 minutes a day for four months to work on a story of their choice, Korman began This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall. He was also the class monitor for the show more Scholastic TAB Book Club, so he sent his novel to the address on the TAB flyer, and a few days after his 14th birthday, he had a book contract with Scholastic. By the time he graduated from high school, he had published five other novels and several articles for Canadian newspapers. He received a BFA degree from New York University with a major in Dramatic Writing and a minor in Film and TV. He has written over 75 books for children and young adults including the Swindle series, The Juvie Three, and two books of poetry written by the fictional character Jeremy Bloom. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Author Gordon Korman at the 2019 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84523418
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Works by Gordon Korman
The Last-place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems About Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport… (1996) 112 copies
On the Run Complete Set, Books 1-6: Chasing the Falconers; The Fugitive Factor; Now You See Them, Now You Don't;… (2005) 18 copies
NFL Monday Night Football Club: Running Back Exchange - Book #2: I Was Barry Sanders (NFL Monday Night Football Club) (1997) 16 copies
NFL Monday Night Football Club: Heavy Artillery - Book #4 : I Was Junior Seau (Monday Night Football Club, No 4) (1997) 14 copies
Titanic Trilogy By Gordon Korman: Titanic #1: Unsinkable; Titanic #2: Collision Course; Titanic #3: S.O.S. (Titanic,… (2011) 12 copies
The 39 Clues Cahills vs. Vespers 1-6 Includes: The Medusa Plot by Gordan Korman / A King's Ransom by Jude Watson /… (2013) 7 copies
Hideout: The First Adventure 5 copies
NFL Monday Night Football Club: Ultimate Scoring Machine - Book #5: I Was Jerry Rice (1998) 5 copies
Hideout: The Third Adventure 2 copies
Korman Book Set for Kids: The Abduction #1; Titanic #1-2; Everest the Climb; Island Shrepwreck (An Unofficial Box Set) (2009) 2 copies
Two Complete Gordon Korman Trilogies: Everest 1-3: The Contest, The Climb, and The Summit and Island 1-3: Shipwreck,… (2001) 2 copies
Unsinkable 2 copies
Ollie is weird 2 copies
Hideout: The Second Adventure 2 copies
Epic Adventures for Kids 2-Book Collection: Masterminds and The Keepers: The Box and the Dragonfly (2015) 2 copies
Skellag 1 copy
War Stories 1 copy
Swindle Series Book 1-6 Swindle / Zoobreak / Framed / Showoff /Hideout / Jackpot (6 Book Set) 1 copy
La isla: El tercer rescate 1 copy
LA ISLA 1 copy
On the Run Books 4-6: The Stowaway Solution, Public Enemies, Hunting the Hunter (On the Run Series) (2010) 1 copy
Uma Nota Desafinada 1 copy
Abissi 1 copy
Associated Works
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They… (2017) — Contributor — 86 copies
From One Experience to Another: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction (1997) — Contributor — 42 copies
This Family Is Driving Me Crazy: Ten Stories About Surviving Your Family (2009) — Contributor — 27 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1963-10-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada (birth)
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Places of residence
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
New York, New York, USA
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA - Education
- New York University (BA ∙ Fine Arts)
German Mills Public School
Thornlea Secondary School - Occupations
- children's book author
- Short biography
- Gordon Korman published his first book at the ages of 14, and has written more than 90 juvenile and teen novels. His favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, Pop, and the Mastermind Sereis. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. [from The Unteachables, 2019]
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