Gary Paulsen - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	17-May-1939
Place of Birth	Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States of America, Area code 218, Area code 612)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Gary James Paulsen
Profession	Novelist, Author
Gary James Paulsen is an American writer of young adult literature, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books, more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.

Awards by Gary Paulsen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Gary Paulsen.

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	How Angel Peterson Got His Name 5 up

2003

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award	Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books

1997

Margaret Edwards Award
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

1992

Spur Award for Best Juvenile Fiction	Honored for : The haymeadow

1990

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : The Winter Room

Spur Award for Best Juvenile Nonfiction

Honored for : Woodsong

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	The Winter Room

1989

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

1988

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Hatchet

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Hatchet

1986

John Newbery Medal

Honored for : Dogsong

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal	Dogsong

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