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​DAN GUTMAN
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   "I was born in New York City on October 19, 1955.
   When I was about a year old, my family moved to
   Newark, New Jersey, where I spent my childhood.  
   I attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick,
   New Jersey, graduating in 1977 with a degree in
   psychology. After spending a few unhappy years in
   graduate school, I decided that psychology was not
   for me. What I really wanted to do, I decided, was to
be a writer. Finally, after many years of writing, I figured out what my career should be – writing fiction for kids. For the first time, I felt that I was doing something I was good at, something that was fun, creatively rewarding, and appreciated by an audience.

Kids often tell me that my books make them laugh. This is funny to me, because writing humor was what I wanted to do when I got started back in 1980! It just took me a while to figure out the best way to do it.
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I am a member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators). Today I live in New York City with my wife Nina."

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Click here to see an interview with Dan Gutman (2:02)
Visit Dan Gutman at dangutman.com
Excerpt - Explain Chapter 2, how Coke and Pepsi got their names: pg 2 “From the start...”- 3 “It was perfect!"; pg 7-12 “don’t scream...danger.” (end of first paragraph); pg 12-14; pg 46-48; pg 53 (It was depressing…)-61
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    • Authors A - E
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  • AUTHOR BIOS
    • JOHN DAVID ANDERSON
    • TOM ANGLEBERGER
    • KATHERINE APPLEGATE
    • KIMBERLEY BRUBAKER BRADLEY
    • PABLO CARTAYA
    • SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
    • ANDREW CLEMENTS
    • CHRIS COLFER
    • ROALD DAHL
    • KATE DICAMILLO
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    • STUART GIBBS
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    • ALAN GRATZ
    • LISA GREENWALD
    • JOHN GRISHAM
    • DAN GUTMAN
    • MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
    • CARL HIAASEN
    • JENNIFER L HOLM
    • ALISON HUGHES
    • JEFF KINNEY
    • GORDON KORMAN
    • KATHRYN LASKY
    • PETER LERANGIS
    • NATALIE LLOYD
    • CYNTHIA LORD
    • WENDY MASS
    • STACEY MCANULTY
    • BRANDON MULL
    • JENNIFER NIELSEN
    • JAMES PATTERSON
    • LINCOLN PEIRCE
    • DAV PILKEY
    • RICK RIORDAN
    • LOUIS SACHAR
    • TRENTON LEE STEWART
    • TUI SUTHERLAND
    • MATTHEW SWANSON
    • LAUREN TARSHIS
    • RAINA TELGEMEIER
    • BOOKI VIVAT
    • ERIC WALTERS
    • JUDD WINICK
  • BOOK TRAILERS
  • PICTURE BOOK AUTHORS
  • SCA READS 2023
    • SCA Reads Grade 4 Titles
    • SCA Reads Grade 5 Titles
    • SCA Reads Grade 6 Titles
  • RESOURCES
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  • Printable Activities