The author of more than 50 books for children died on March 17
Mar 19, 2010
Author
Sid Fleischman died March 17 in his home in Santa Monica, Calif.,
at the age of 90. Fleischman won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for his novel The Whipping Boy, and wrote more than 50
books for children, as well as screenplays and adult fiction and nonfiction.
His first children's book, Mr. Mysterious
& Company, was published in 1962, and his most recent was The Dream Stealer (Greenwillow, 2009). Fleischman
was a National Book Award finalist in 1979 for Humbug Mountain.
He also received a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Fleischman's biographies for children—The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West and Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini—also drew acclaim; a third, Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World, will be published by Greenwillow in June.
Fleischman is survived by three children (including his son, Paul, also a National Book Award finalist) and four grandchildren. A memorial service will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Library Foundation of Los Angeles or the American Cancer Society.
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