1. By: JinYoung Cho

3. Nationality: American

4. Has one sister (Sandy) and three brothers (Dennis, Doug, Tom)

6. 1996-Pleasing the ghost

7. 1997-Chasing redbird

8. 1999-Bloomability

9. 2000-Fishing in the air

10. 2001-The wanderer; Love that dog; A fine, fine school

11. 2002-Ruby Holler

12. 2003-Granny Torrelli makes soup

13. 2004-Heartbeat

14. 2005-Replay

15. 2006-Who’s that baby

16. 2007-The castle corona

17. 2008-Hate that cat

19. How/Why did she become a writer? When Sharon Creech was young, she wanted to become many things: a painter, an ice skater, a singer, a teacher, and a reporter. But as she grew up, she noticed that she had very little skills in art, kept tripping on ice, couldn’t sing in key, and would make a terrible reporter because she changed facts that she didn’t like. In college, she took writing courses, and she became interested in story telling. Later, she became an English and writing teacher in England and in Switzerland. While teaching great literature, she learned so much more about writing, such as what makes a story interesting and techniques of plot and characterization and point of view. She started out writing novels for adults. She kept writing and became an author of many famous books.

21. Bloomability won the IRA/CBC Children's Choices award.

22. The Wanderer won the Parents' Choice Award and the Newbery Honor Award.

23. Absolutely Normal Chaos won the YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults.

24. Ruby Hollerwon the 2002 Carnegie Medal.