5th Grade Author Research
To go along with your Newbery reading, you will be researching the author who wrote your book. The list below features each author from a book chosen in your class. Click on the links to access information for your project:
Tom Angleberger
Katherine Applegate
Avi
Natalie Babbitt
Marion Dane Bauer
Marion Dane Bauer Interview
Judy Blume
Betsy Byars
Beverly Cleary
Andrew Clements
Sharon Creech
Roald Dahl
Kate Dicamillo
Eleanor Estes
Sid Fleischman
Patricia Reilly Giff
Patricia Reilly Giff
In Memory of Patricia Reilly Giff
Dan Gutman
Shannon Hale
Marguerite Henry
Carl Hiaasen
Gordon Korman
Madeline L'Engle
C.S. Lewis
Cynthia Lord
Lois Lowry
Scott O'Dell
Katherine Paterson
James Patterson
Gary Paulsen
Richard Peck
Rick Riordan
J.K. Rowling
Pam Munoz Ryan
Louis Sachar
Brian Selznick
Jerry Spinelli
E.B. White
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Use the following resources to find more information on your author:
https://www.readingrockets.org/books-and-authors/author-and-illustrator-interviews
http://www.biography.com/search