| Name: | Jack Gantos |
| Occupation: | Children's Author |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birth Day: | July 2, 1951 |
| Age: | 74 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Pleasant - Pennsylvania |
| Zodiac Sign: | Cancer |
| DOB in Roman: | VII.II.MCMLI |
Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos was born on 2 July 1951(74 years old) in Pennsylvania. Jack Gantos is Children's Author, Zodiac sign - Cancer. More detail about Jack Gantos given below.
About Jack Gantos
He is a well-known American children's novelist who received the Newbery Medal in 2011 for his book Dead End in Norvelt. His most well-known characters are a cat named Rotten Ralph and a child named Joey Pigza who suffers from ADHD.
Jack Gantos is an American author on children's books. He is known for his fictional characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Rotten Ralph is a cat featured in 20 picture books written by Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel from 1976 to 2014. Joey Pigza is a boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, appearing in 5 novels. From 1998 to 2014. Gantos won the 2012 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the Dead End of Norvelt as "the best contributor to American children's literature" from the previous year. Dead End also won the 2012 Scott O'Dell Prize for Historical Fiction Book and entered the UK Guardian Awards long list. His 2002 dissertation, Hole in My Life, was ranked first book of honor for the ALA Printz Prize and the Sibert Medal. Previously, Gantos was a US National Book Award finalist and Newbery Prize finalist for two books by Joey Pigza.
| Notable awards | 2011 Newbery Medal |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Rotten Ralph series, Jack Henry series, Joey Pigza series, Hole in My Life, Dead End in Norvelt |
| Born | July 02, 1951, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Emerson College |
| Genre | comics |
Trivia
His 2002 memoir, Hole in My Life, was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Jack Gantos before fame
He attended Boston's Emerson College. In 1976, he released his first children's book, Rotten Ralph.
Achievement of Jack Gantos
Hole in My Life, his memoir from 2002, was a National Book Award finalist.
Salary 2020
Not known
Net Worth 2020
Undisclosed
Jack Gantos family life
He was born to Elizabeth Weaver (a banker) and John Gantos in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania (a construction worker).
Associations of Jack Gantos
Roald Dahl, a fellow children's novelist, influenced him.
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