Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American author of children's and young adults' fiction books. He currently resides in Alto, Michigan, where he is a professor of English at Calvin University. In 2005, Schmidt's novel Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy was awarded a Newbery Honor, which recognizes "the most distinguished contribution[s] to American literature for children",[6] and a Printz Honor. In 2008, he was awarded a second Newbery Honor for The Wednesday Wars. Schmidt's novel Okay for Now, the 2011 sequel to The Wednesday Wars, was a National Book Award finalist