Gary
Paulsen has had a very interesting life, having a large amount of jobs. Learning
many things from place to place, gaining different background knowledge to write
his wonderful stories.
Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At an early
age, Paulsen wasn’t a serious student, but learned the joys of reading.
He started to love books spending almost all his time as a boy reading one book
after another in his basement of his apartment building.