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OK, Felix! Here goes!

1. Full name: Gordon Richard Korman

2. Born Montreal, Quebec, Oct. 23rd, 1963

3. Grew up in Montreal until I was 7 and we moved to the Toronto area.

4. I loved 6th grade because I had an amazing teacher. And it was the following year that I wrote my first book.

5. Math. I was always great in math. I was on a competitive math team in high school.

6. Favorite holiday: Christmas because of the time off from school. (I’d say summer vacation, but that’s not a real holiday.)

7. I saw myself as some kind of scientist. Writing kids’ books never entered my mind.

8. I went directly to New York University. But I was working. I was turning out a book a year back then.

9. I never had a job and haven’t had one till this day. I became a writer at 12, and I’m still at it.

10. My favorite book was always THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams, and the very best TV series in my opinion was a comedy cop show called “Barney Miller.”

11. Free time? What’s that? Actually, I enjoy NFL football. Big Giants fan, season ticket holder.

12. I’m most proud of having helped raise 3 kids (2 boys, 1 girl) and sending them all to college. Am I proud of my work? Of course. But I’m proudest of my family.

13. I didn’t choose writing. In Grade 7, I was assigned the “novelette” that became my first book. It became a bestseller, and writing chose me

14. There’s not much to say. I work in a writing room on the second floor of my house. And I always try to keep normal office hours. It’s the only way I can manage to have friends who aren’t authorsvand live a normal family life. I do travel a lot, visiting schools and libraries and attending teachers’ conventions and things like that. But otherwise I’n just like the average guy who goes to the office and stays there until he comes home for dinner around 6 PM. It’s worked well for me.

15. If I could choose another career, I would probably be teaching. I like to think I’d be the head coach of the NY Giants, but I doubt it!

16. Send your full name and mailing address to my office: [email protected] and I’ll see what I can do.

Hope this gets a good grade, Felix. Good luck!                                    —–Gordon Korman—–