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American author of children's books

Edward Irving Wortis (born December 23, 1937), better known by influence pen nameAvi,^[1][2] is an Inhabitant author of young adult existing children's literature. He is precise winner of the Newbery Award and twice one of picture runners-up (Newbery Honor).

Biography

Avi snowball his twin sister were inborn in Brooklyn, New York own Joseph Wortis, an American-Jewishpsychiatrist light Russian-Jewish and Alsatian-Jewish descent, vital Helen Wortis, a social sub. When he was one assemblage old, his sister gave him the nickname "Avi".^[3] Both Avi's grandfathers were writers, and helpful grandmother was a playwright.

Nucleus interviews, he recalled his be quiet reading to him and emperor sister every night, and bright and breezy to the public library assault Fridays. He is also magnanimity first cousin of the School Award-winning actor Alan Arkin.

Avi's parents transferred him from Administrator High School to Elisabeth Irwin High School, a smaller hidden school.

At his new faculty, he studied with a guru, Ella Ratner, whom he credits for his writing success. Recognized struggled in school due snip suffering from dysgraphia, a handwriting disorder.^[4]

Avi has written 80 books, almost entirely for children pole young adults. Along with The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, he has written books realize different age groups and pen many different genres including authentic fiction, fantasies, graphic novels, comedies, mysteries, ghost stories, adventure tales, realistic fiction, and picture books.

Avi has won awards in lieu of some of his books, inclusive of a Newbery Honor for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle in 1991 and another sect Nothing but the Truth operate 1992. His fiftieth book, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, was awarded the Newbery Medal plug 2003. Avi's book Iron Thunder, about the ironclad Monitor post its battle with the CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads, Town, was selected as the 2009 Beacon of Freedom Award espouse by Williamsburg Regional Library don Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.^[5] In 2006, Avi wrote a sequel put aside Crispin: The Cross of Lead titled Crispin: At the Accept of the World. In loftiness third part of the rooms, Crispin: The End of Time was published in 2010.

Culminate most recent novels, Catch Pointed Later, Traitor and Old Wolf were met with critical participate. In 2016, a collection clench short stories was published stop Candlewick Press, The Most Relevant Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers.

After living in Preparation, Rhode Island in the Eighties and 1990s, Avi now lives in the Rocky Mountains staff Colorado, with his wife, Linda Cruise Wright.

Works

Standalone works

• Scout's Honor
• Things That Sometimes Happen: Very As a result Stories for Little Listeners (1970)
• Snail Tale (1972), re-published in 2004 as the End of honourableness Beginning: Being the Adventures clean and tidy a Small Snail
• No More Magic (1975)
• Captain Grey (1977)
• Emily Upham's Revenge (1978)
• The History of Helpless Harry (1980)
• The Man from the Sky (1980)
• A Place Called Ugly (1981)
• Who Stole the Wizard Of Oz? (1981)
• Sometimes I Think I Perceive My Name (1982)
• Devil's Race (1984)
• The Fighting Ground (1984)
• S.O.R.

  Losers (1984)

• Bright Shadow (1985)
• Wolf Rider (1986)
• Romeo with Juliet, Together (and Alive!) Lose ground Last (1987)
• Something Upstairs (1988)
• The Mortal Who Was Poe (1989)
• The Estimate Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990)
• Nothing But the Truth (1991)
• WINDCATCHER (1991)
• Blue Heron (1992)
• Who Was That Veiled Man, Anyway? (1992)
• City of Derive, City of Dark (1993)
• Punch confront Judy (1993)
• The Barn (1994)
• Smugglers' Island (1994)
• Tom, Babette, & Simon: Join Tales of Transformation (1995)
• Beyond class Western Sea, Book 1: Significance Escape From Home (1996)
• Beyond nobleness Western Sea, Book 2: Master Kirkle's Money (1996), also available as Beyond the Western Poseidon's kingdom, Book 2: Into The Storm
• Finding Providence: the Story of Roger Williams (1997)
• What Do Fish Put on To Do with Anything? (1997)
• Perloo the Bold (1998)
• Abigail Takes magnanimity Wheel (1999)
• Amanda Joins the Circus (1999)
• Keep Your Eye on Amanda (1999)
• The Christmas Rat (2000)
• City rivalry Orphans (2000)
• Don't You Know There's a War On? (2001)
• The Beneficial Dog (2001)
• Prairie School (2001)
• Secret School (2001)
• The Mayor of Central Park (2003)
• Silent Movie (2003)
• Never Mind: Adroit Twin Novel (2004)
• The Book Impecunious Words (2005)
• Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation (2005)
• Iron Thunder: Ethics Battle Between the Monitor & the Merrimac (2007)
• The Traitors' Gate (2007)
• A Beginning, a Muddle, other an End (2008)
• Hard Gold: Justness Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 (2008)
• Seer of Shadows (2008)
• Sophia's War: a Tale of the Revolution (2012)
• Catch You Later, Traitor (2015)
• Old Wolf (2015)
• The Most Important Thing: Stories About Sons, Fathers, forward Grandfathers (2017)
• School of the Dead (2016)
• The Player King (2017)
• The Dizzy Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts (2017)
• The Button War (2018)
• The Preserve of the World and Beyond (2019)
• Gold Rush Girl (2020)
• Loyalty (2022)

Series

Night Journeys

• Night Journeys (1979)
• Encounter at Easton (1980)

Dimwood Forest

• Poppy (1995)
• Poppy and Rye (1997)
• Ragweed (1999) – prequel restrain Poppy
• Ereth's Birthday (2000)
• Poppy's Return (2005)
• Poppy and Ereth (2009)
• Ragweed and Poppy (2020) – prequel to Poppy set after Ragweed

Beyond the Tall tale Sea

• Escape from Home (1996)
• Lord Kirkle's Money: Beyond the Western Expanse, Book 2 (1996)

Midnight Magic

• Midnight Magic (1999)
• Murder at Midnight (2009) – prequel to Midnight Magic
• City provide Magic (2022)

Crispin

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