Awards & Winners

Gary Paulsen

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
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2003


Nominations 2003 »

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

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

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