Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan, the second oldest of six sons born to Shirly Scieszka, a Registered Nurse, and Louis Scieszka, an elementary school principal. He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and graduated in three years. He then studied both English and science at Albion College, and in 1976 he received a B.A. in writing. He went on to Columbia University's writing program, and in 1980 he received a Master of Fine Arts degree.
After graduating, Scieszka held several jobs, including teaching elementary school, writing for magazines, painting apartments, working as a carpenter, and being a lifeguard. In 1989, he published his first book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. He currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife and children.
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children's writer and reading advocate from the United States
| Born | 8 September 1954 |
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children's writer and reading advocate from the United States
| Born | 8 September 1954 |
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Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Humorous stories, Trucks, Trucks, fiction, Time travel, Time travel, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Science fiction, Short stories, Children's stories, American, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile literature, Schools, Schools, fiction, Children's stories, Fantasy fiction, History, Humorous fiction, Inventors, Robots, Robots, fiction, Extraterrestrial beings, fiction, MagicPlaces
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), United States, Antarctica, Brooklyn, China, Egypt, Japan, Maple Street, Mexico, Rome, Scotland, Venice, West (U.S.), États-Unis (Ouest)People
Alphonse, Archie Smith, Blackbeard (d. 1718), Blackbeard (d.1718), Bradbury children, Captain Tory, Edward Teach (d. 1718), Genghis Khan (1162-1227), George Washington (1732-1799), Harris Burdick, Jon Scieszka, Kublai Khan (1216-1294), Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Lewis Evans, Marco Polo (1254-1323?), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Mr. Linden, Oscar, Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)Time
21st century, 1057-1603, 20th century, 21e siècle, Revolution, 1775-1783, To 1810, To 332 B.C., Tokugawa period, 1600-1868, Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368, Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368ID Numbers
- OLID: OL25111A
- GoodReads: 27318
- ISNI: 0000000081379243
- Library of Congress Names: n88199147
- LibraryThing: scieszkajon
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LO1V183739
- VIAF: 59131800
- Wikidata: Q13434300
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q13434300
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- Jon Scieszeka
- John Scieszka
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