About+The+Author

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR *Birth Name- Gary Paulsen

*Born- May 17, 1939  in Minneapolis, Minnesota

* He developed a passion for reading at an early age.

*He is a second generation American.

* His father's family came to America from Denmark.

*His mother's people emigrated from Norway and Sweden. *His father was a career military man who served as an officer on General Patton's staff during World War 2.

* H is mother spent the war years working in a munitions plant in Chicago.

* ran away from home at the age of 14


 * He is one of the most important writers of young adult literature today and three of his novels, Dogsong, Hatchet , and The Winter Room.

 *He first saw His father when he was<span class="IL_LINK_STYLE" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> seven in the Philippines where him and his parents lived from 1946 until 1949.