Louis Sachar - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	20-March-1954
Place of Birth	East Meadow (Nassau County, New York)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Author, Writer, Novelist
Louis Sachar is an American writer of children's books. He is best known for the series Sideways Stories From Wayside School and for the novels Pig City, in the UK, and Holes, which he has followed with two sequels. Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

Awards by Louis Sachar

Check all the awards nominated and won by Louis Sachar.

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature	The Cardturner

2008

Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Book	Holes

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Book	Holes

2000

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Honored for : Holes

1999

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Holes

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Holes
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile	Holes

1998

National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Honored for : Holes

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Young People's Literature	Holes

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