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Canadian American author (born 1963)

Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian author of children's and young adult fiction books.^[1] Korman's books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide over a career spanning four decades and have appeared at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.^[2][3]

Early life

Korman was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he lived until 1970.^[4] He grew up in Thornhill, Ontario (just north of Toronto) and attended German Mills Public School and public high school at Thornlea Secondary School.^[1][5]

He moved to the United States to attend university at New York University where he studied film and film-writing.^[6] Korman received a BFA from New York University in 1985;^[1] with a degree in dramatic visual writing and a minor in motion picture and television.

Career

Korman wrote his first book when he was 12 years old, as par