Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and a Newbery Honor for The Wednesday Wars. He lives with his family on a 150-year-old farm in Alto, Michigan, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, and feeds the wild cats that drop by.
So Tall Within
Written by Gary D. Schmidt; illustrated by Daniel Minter
Roaring Brook Press
Roaring Brook Press
From celebrated author Gary D. Schmidt comes a picture book biography of a giant in the struggle for civil rights, perfectly pitched for readers today.
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Mara's Stories
Gary Schmidt
Square Fish
Square Fish
A testament to the power of stories, and how they may bring hope even in times of darkness.
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