1. Gary Paulsen
By: Gini Lawlis

2. What Made Gary Paulsen Famous?
Some things that made Gary Paulsen famous were all the great books he wrote. He has written over 175 books. He also became famous because of three books he wrote which were Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room. These three books were all Newbery Honor book. The first book he ever wrote called Some Birds Don’t Fly, really increased his popularity. So that is how Gary Paulsen and his books he wrote made him famous.

3. Wrote the book Dogsong in 1985 Wrote the book The winter room
Gets married to Ruth Wright in 1971
Works and travels on his sail boat
1999
Gets his first library card and also runs away from home
1953
Wrote the book Hatchet
1987
Did the Iditarod race in 1983
Born May 17, 1939
Korean War starts and first colored television
1950
First woman in the U.S. Supreme Court
1981
World war II starts
JFK assassinated
1963

4. How does Gary Paulsen come up with great books?
Gary Paulsen gets most of his inspiration from his childhood to write these great books. Gary Paulsen’s childhood was very rough. His parents did not take good care of him and he got bullied on the streets a lot. At age 14 he ran away from home. In the book I read, I learned how hard his life was when he was little and how his love of dogs helped him out. The dogs that he meet had a big impact on his life, so I could see how his relationship with dogs help him in life and that is how he writes those great stories.