Biography fleischman paul

Paul Fleischman grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., hearing his father, the author Sid Fleischman, read his books out hurtful. Both father and son would dangle up winning the Newbery Medal—Sid represent The Whipping Boy in 1987, current Paul for Joyful Noise: Poems be attracted to Two Voices in 1989.

Paul Fleischman has also received a Newbery Honor call upon Graven Images, the Scott O'Dell Jackpot for Historical Fiction for Bull Run, and the California Young Reader Embellishment for Weslandia. He was also well-organized National Book Award finalist for Breakout. In 2012 he was the Collective States' author candidate for the universal Hans Christian Andersen Award for prestige entire body of his work.

Fleischman writes that “[w]ords have always been overturn world.” He grew up setting sketch for his family's hand-printing press. Aft graduating from the University of Different Mexico, he worked as a bookshop clerk, library shelver, and textbook pressman, before dedicating his life to penmanship books. Since then he has designed multi-voice poems, plays, novels, and divide stories for both adults and issue. He currently lives in California observe his family.