1. Jack Gantos was born on July 2,1951 and is an American author of children's books.
13 Facts About Jack Gantos
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Jack Gantos is best known for the fictional characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza.
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Rotten Ralph is a cat who stars in twenty picture books written by Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel from 1976 to 2014.
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Jack Gantos won the 2012 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing Dead End in Norvelt as the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".
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Jack Gantos's 2002 memoir Hole in My Life was a runner up Honor Book for the ALA Printz Award and Sibert Medal.
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Previously Jack Gantos was a finalist for the US National Book Award and a finalist for the Newbery Medal for two Joey Pigza books.
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Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh to construction superintendent John and banker Elizabeth Gantos.
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Jack Gantos was raised in South Florida and the Caribbean, and followed his parents to St Croix in the Virgin Islands.
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Jack Gantos got involved in the drug trade there, and ended up in New York City.
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Jack Gantos has written for readers of all ages, including the memoir Hole in My Life, published in 2002.
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Jack Gantos was professor of creative writing and literature at Emerson College in Boston, and a visiting professor at Brown University, University of New Mexico, and Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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Jack Gantos developed master's degree programs in children's book writing at both Emerson College and Vermont College.
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Jack Gantos is the author of dozens of published picture books including about twenty illustrated by Nicole Rubel.