Author for children Wendelin Van Draanen

Wendelin Van Draanen

Living place: Chicago

Birthday: 6-1-1965 (59 years old)

Population of US 1965: 194,302,963

Global rank: #54092

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Who is Author for children Wendelin Van Draanen?
She is best known for her series Sammy Keyes, Shredderman, and Gecko & Attention books for children, she was the 1999 recipient of mystery writer's prestigious Edgar Allan America's Poe Award.
Before becoming a writer, she taught math and computer science at the high school level.
 
 

Young / Before famous

As a child, she was inspired by the work of Ray Bradbury, as well as by the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew youth series. She published her first literary work, How I Survived Being a Girl, in late 1990.

Family life info

The daughter of Dutch-born scientist, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She later settled in California with her husband Mark Parsons and her two children.

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Actor Aidan Quinn appeared in 2010, Rob Reiner -directed adaptation of the book Van Draanen's 2001 novel, Flipped.

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When was Author for children Wendelin Van Draanen born?
Wendelin Van Draanen birthday 6-1-1965 (at the age of 59).
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Wendelin Van Draanen was born in Chicago, Illinois- United States. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Wendelin Van Draanen's global rank is 54092 and whose rank is 166 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1965 is about 194,302,963 persons.
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Events in 1965 and 6-1

Events in US in the birth year of Wendelin Van Draanen

  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Ala., during demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1). Background: Civil Rights
  • Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally (Feb. 21).
  • Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested (Aug. 11-16).

Birthday Wendelin Van Draanen (6-1) in history

  • Day 6-1 year 1540: Four years after beheading his second wife, King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
  • Day 6-1 year 1759: The founder of the United States, George Washington, married Martha Custis.
  • Day 6-1 year 1838: Samuel Morse gave the first public demonstration of the telegraph.
  • Day 6-1 year 1912: New Mexico became the 47th state in the United States.
  • Day 6-1 year 1919: Former president Theodore Roosevelt died in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
  • Day 6-1 year 1987: University of California astronomers first witnessed the birth of a galaxy that contained 1 billion stars.
  • Day 6-1 year 1994: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan clubbed on leg by men including husband of rival skater Tonya Harding.
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