Gordon Korman was born in Montreal, Quebec. In 1970, he relocated with his parents to Thornhill, Ontario. In 7th grade, he wrote a work that went on to become his first novel in a school writing assignment. It was published under the title This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall in 1978, when Korman was 14 years old. He wrote and published another four books while in high school.
After high school, he moved to New York City where he studied film and film writing at New York University. In 1985 he received his B.A. in Dramatic and Visual Writing. He has written more than 75 books. He lives in Great Neck, New York, with his wife and three children.
136 works Add another?
Most Editions
Most Editions
First Published
Most Recent
Top Rated
Reading Log
Trending
Random
Subjects
Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Schools, Schools, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Adventure and adventurers, Humorous stories, Mystery and detective stories, Friendship, Brothers and sisters, Friendship, fiction, Adventure stories, American literature, New York Times bestseller, Shipwrecks, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Criminals, fiction, Football, Boarding schools, Football, fiction, Middle schools, Romans, Shipwrecks, fictionPlaces
Canada, Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), New York (N.Y.), Asia, Caribbean Area, Mount Everest, Toronto, California, Egypt, Everest, Everest, Mont (Chine et Népal), Islands of the Pacific, Juvenile fiction, Las Vegas, Long Island (N.Y.), Macdonald Hall, New Mexico, New York, Océano Pacífico, Ontario, Ontario Place, Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica (Calif.), Tel AvivPeople
Bruno and Boots, Amy Cahill, Damien Vesper, Dan Cahill, Dan Marino (1961-), Daniel Firestone, Gatsby, Jacob Firestone/G.G., John Elway (1960-), Psmith, Rain, Trevor Firestone, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and CapID Numbers
- OLID: OL29658A
- GoodReads: 2130
- ISNI: 0000000114414990
- IMDb: nm2131235
- Library of Congress Names: n78072170
- MusicBrainz: a1d4c4fd-6c0a-4492-a108-18989561b86e
- VIAF: 34695683
- Wikidata: Q5332730
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q5332730
Links outside Open Library
Alternative names
- G. Korman
- Gordan Korman
| August 1, 2025 | Edited by WikidataBot | [sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers |
| July 14, 2025 | Edited by bitnapper | Edited without comment. |
| July 14, 2025 | Edited by bitnapper | merge authors |
| September 7, 2024 | Edited by Freso | not dead yet, afaict |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |