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With more than two hundred books to his credit, Gary Paulsen is fast becoming an American legend. A popular children's author, Paulsen draws on life experiences to write mystery, memoir, adventure, humor, and survival, including the best-selling Hatchet. He has run the Iditarod, survived violent sea storms, picked crops, worked at carnivals, been blown off a mountain, plunged through lake ice in the dead of winter, and had his pants catch fire while training his dogs. The result is books people love to read.Against all odds, Gary Paulsen has become a popular, prolific children's writer. Mystery, memoir, adventure, survival, and humor-he's done them all. Paulsen draws on life experiences to create books young people love to read.