YHBA Novel Resource Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini Sid Fleischman Greenwillow Books An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2006 Amy Nelson About the Author www.sidfleischman.com Sid Fleischman is an award winning novelist. He has won the Newberry Medal for The Whipping Boy. He became a magician in the fifth grade, and then took his act on the stage. His interest in magic led him to a friendship with Bess Houdini, the widow of Harry Houdini. Sid Fleischman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in California. Fleischman says that it was his children that led him to write for children. He has 60 books to his credit, and currently lives in Santa Monica, California. Other books from Sid Fleischman include: The Abracadabra Kid, The Entertainer and the Dybbuk, Bandit’s Moon, The Whipping Boy, The White Elephant Honors for Escape!: *New York Public Library's "One *School Library Journal Best Book Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing" *ALA Best Book for Young Adults *ALA Notable Children’s Book *Boston Globe–Horn Book Award New York Public Library Books Honor Book for the Teen Age Amy Nelson, abc school,
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[email protected] [email protected] Sid Fleischman HarperCollins Children's Books 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212) 261-6500 Annotation Author Sid Fleischman has 60 books to his credit, and is well known for his work in fiction. He has won multiple awards for children’s literature. He uses his unique abilities of his fiction writing in this work for non-fiction.