Louis Sachar
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Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər;[1] born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes.
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Born | (1954-03-20) March 20, 1954 (age 70) East Meadow, New York, U.S. |
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Genre | Children's fiction |
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Carla Askew (m. 1985) |
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Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature[2] and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".[3] In 2013, it was ranked sixth among all children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.[4]