How many books gary paulsen wrote

His accolades speak for themselves with nine awards in total, including three John Newbery Medal awards for his books; Hatchet, Dogsong and The Winter Room.

Paulsen is most famously known for authoring Hatchet, a coming-of-age story about a boy who survives a plane crash but must find a way to survive with only a hatchet in his possession.

As a 5-year-old traveling to Northern Minnesota to live with his aunt and uncle on their farm, he learned the skills for survival. They taught him to catch and cook fish and build a campfire, many of the things his characters use in later books. He moved instead to a acre ranch in the Jicarilla Mountains in New Mexico, where the closest grocery store was 40 miles away. Paulsen said one day he decided he wanted to write, and the rest was history.

He used his time in his distanced home or on his travels to power through his writing, publishing a new book every few months. Gary Paulsen eventually decided that to write he needed to move to a remote cabin.

He lived in a cabin in northern Minnesota. Gary Paulsen's series Brian's Saga began being published in with Hatchet. Gary Paulsen's series the Mr. Tucket Saga includes Mr. Many of Gary Paulsen's books are coming of age stories with the wilderness as their settings.

Gary Paulsen didn't have much recognition or success as a writer until he wrote about his experiences in the Iditarod. He developed love for reading at a young age. When he got the first book issued from the library he went to the basement of his house and read it without a stop.

He then read several books in the basement of his house. He lived with different people, first with his grandmother then at the age of seven he went living with his mother, who took him to Manila, Philippines, where his father was already living.

But every day bickering attitude and sometimes severe conflicts of his parents led Paulsen distressed. He came back home and studied high school; graduating in with a D- average. He could not study more than five months at a single school. Gary Paulsen acquired adventurous life throughout his youth time. He then joined the army and was honorably discharged after 3 years.