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Gary James Paulsen May 17, — October 13, was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction , best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than books and wrote more than magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.

Gary next saw his father at age 7 when he and his mother sailed to the Philippines to join him at his army base. He and his mother lived in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. When Gary was 4, his mother took him to live in Chicago.

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Before World War II ended, she sent him to live with relatives on a farm for a year. He wrote some fragmented autobiographical works describing his early life, such as Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey. The book, which is written in the first person, begins when he was seven, living in Chicago with his mother. Paulsen described several traumatic occurrences that transpired during the three years that are chronicled by the book.

When World War II ended, Gary's father sent for him and his mother to come to join him in the Philippines , where he was stationed. In elementary school, Gary was quite deficient at literacy class and struggled with it. The accounts in Eastern Sun ended when Gary and his mother left Manila. In that book, Paulsen discusses how he survived between the ages of twelve and fourteen back in Minnesota.

He barely mentions his parents. He worked several jobs during this time, including setting pins at a bowling alley, delivering newspapers, and working as a farmhand. He bought his own school supplies and a.