![]() ![]() ![]() It has sold more than 4.5 million copies.Īuthor of more than 200 books for adults and young people, Paulsen won the American Library Association’s prestigious Newbery Honors for “Dogsong,” “Hatchet” and " The Winter Room.” In 1997 he won the ALA’s Margaret Edwards Award for a body of work that made “significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.” Paulsen was one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young people, praised for his clear prose and exciting tales of adventure such as “Hatchet,” a 1986 novel about a boy who survives a plane crash and learns to survive challenges of nature. PAUL, Minnesota - Gary Paulsen, who inspired generations of young readers with novels about the beauty, wonder and danger of the wilderness - most notably “Hatchet,” about a boy who learns to survive on his own in the Canadian bush - while drawing on his own adventures as a sled-dog racer and restless outdoorsman, died Oct. ![]() Author Gary Paulsen with his favorite Alaskan husky, Flax, at his Willow, Alaska, home on Feb. ![]()
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