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Gordon Korman born October 23, is a Canadian author of children's and young adult fiction books. Korman's books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide over a career spanning four decades and have appeared at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. Korman was born in Montreal , Quebec , where he lived until He moved to the United States to attend university at New York University where he studied film and film-writing.

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Korman received a BFA from New York University in ; with a degree in dramatic visual writing and a minor in motion picture and television. Korman wrote his first book when he was 12 years old, as part of an English class taught by a PE teacher in 7th grade. Korman was the Scholastic Arrow Book Club monitor for the class; after completing the assignment, he mailed his manuscript to Scholastic.

Before graduating from high school in Thornhill, Ontario, Korman wrote and published five books. Korman has written books, with his hundredth being The Fort.

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His books have sold more than 35 million copies. Swindle was adapted into a movie that aired on Nickelodeon in Wizzle as The Wizzle War. The other two adaptations aired on YTV the next year on the same day. Gordon Korman facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Quick facts for kids.