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**__Getting to Know My Authors'__**

Author of Hoot** Carl Hiaasen was born in Florida and also still currently lives there, with his family. He graduated from University of Florida, where he wanted to be a reporter. He majored in being a reporter and started to write columns for magazines. Then he soon became very famous and started to write novels of his own. He wrote many books such as Double Whammy, Trapline, Lucky You, and the Newberry Award winning book Hoot. He also has many more books and that you can look at the website to see for more information. If you would like to know more about him visit the link to the site above.
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[|Pam Munoz Ryan] Pam Munoz Ryan has been writing for 25 years of her life. Her hometown is California's San Joaquin Valley where she was born and raised. She is very culturally mixed she is American, Spanish, Mexicn, Basque, Italian, and Oklahoman. In her spare time she would ride her bike to the library and read books, it started to be her hobby. After college she wanted to express her career in books and became a teacher, administrator, then a writer when she decided to write her first book. Soon after that, she wrote Esperanza Rising and it recieved awards. She has written many more books and if you are interested visit the link above for more information.
 * Author of Esperanza Rising**



[|Laurie Stolarz] Laurie Stolarz's hometown is Salem, MA, then she went to college at Merrimack college. There from her college in Boston she recieved her MFA in writing. Also if you visit the link above you can see way more fun facts about Laurie Stolarz.
 * Author of Deadly Little Secret**



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