14 Facts About Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka is an American children's writer, best known for his picture books created with the illustrator Lane Smith.

Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan on September 8,1954.

Jon Scieszka was the second oldest among six sons of Shirley Scieszka, a registered nurse, and Louis Scieszka, a former elementary school principal.

Jon Scieszka attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana for high school.

Jon Scieszka then earned a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing at Columbia University in 1980.

Jon Scieszka went on to teach 1st-8th grade at the Day School for ten years.

Jon Scieszka is the author of the Time Warp Trio series, for which Smith illustrated eight of the sixteen books.

In 2008 Jon Scieszka was named the nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Librarian of Congress.

Jon Scieszka has joked that being an ambassador gets him out of parking tickets.

Jon Scieszka has written and edited many books for various publishers.

Jon Scieszka received the annual University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for lifetime contribution to children's literature in 2013.

Two children's books written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith were ranked among the 100 best all-time picture books in a 2012 survey published by School Library Journal: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, number 35, and The Stinky Cheese Man, 91.

Jon Scieszka's books have received many awards and other recognitions, including:.

Jon Scieszka creates outlines for the books of his Time Warp Trio series for structural reasons.