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72 years old
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Cancer
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Celebrities born on July 2
Born in 1951
Born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
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Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos is an American author on children's books. He is known for his fictional characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Rotten Ralph is a cat featured in 20 picture books written by Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel from 1976 to 2014. Joey Pigza is a boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, appearing in 5 novels. From 1998 to 2014. Gantos won the 2012 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the Dead End of Norvelt as "the best contributor to American children's literature" from the previous year. Dead End also won the 2012 Scott O'Dell Prize for Historical Fiction Book and entered the UK Guardian Awards long list. His 2002 dissertation, Hole in My Life, was ranked first book of honor for the ALA Printz Prize and the Sibert Medal. Previously, Gantos was a US National Book Award finalist and Newbery Prize finalist for two books by Joey Pigza.
BornJuly 02, 1951, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Occupationwriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materEmerson College
Genrecomics
Notable worksRotten Ralph series, Jack Henry series, Joey Pigza series, Hole in My Life, Dead End in Norvelt
Notable awards2011 Newbery Medal

About Jack Gantos

Children's Author Jack Gantos was born on July 2, 1951 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States (He's 72 years old now).

He is a well-known American children's novelist who received the Newbery Medal in 2011 for his book Dead End in Norvelt. His most well-known characters are a cat named Rotten Ralph and a child named Joey Pigza who suffers from ADHD.

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Jack Gantos before becoming famous

Jack Gantos was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1951 is also the year of Rabbit (兔) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He attended Boston's Emerson College. In 1976, he released his first children's book, Rotten Ralph.

Achievement of Jack Gantos

Hole in My Life, his memoir from 2002, was a National Book Award finalist.

Jack Gantos's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born to Elizabeth Weaver (a banker) and John Gantos in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania (a construction worker).

Jack Gantos Collabed with

Children's Author Roald Dahl, a fellow children's novelist, influenced him.

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Jack Gantos Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Jack Gantos updated on March 11 2023.