Genre Gordon Korman's early books were generally humorous. In 2001, he made the move from comedy to adventure when he published the Island trilogy (scholastic.com). Although this was a challenging move, the trilogy was a success. Korman then followed with the highly successful Everest and Dive trilogies (scholastic.com). Most of Korman's recent writings are as series sets. Recently, Korman collaborated with six authors to create The 39 Clues.
This series, with individual books written by Rick Riordan, Korman,
Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, and
Margaret Peterson Haddix, chronicles the Cahill family's quest for the
39 Clues that basically lead to control of the world. Keith Staskiewicz
of Entertainment Weekly conducted an extremely informative interview
with all seven authors. Click here to read the interview. In this video, Korman discusses The 39 Clues and how he got his ideas for One False Note (2nd book in the series). Awards Though Korman has not won any major literary awards such as a Newbery, he is extremely popular. He has won several ALA popular paperback awards as well as the Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award (scholastic.com). | Publishing Korman's first twenty books were published by Scholastic. He still maintains a publishing relationship with Scholastic, though Hyperion Press and Harper Collins are now publishing some of his books (gordonkorman.com). Korman has published over 65 books and 3 short stories (gordonkorman.com). A complete listing is available under the "Bibliography" tab on Gordon Korman's website. New Releases!!!
Adaptations Though no movies have been made based on Korman's books, Disney Channel did base the series "The Jersey" on Korman's Monday Night Football series (gordonkorman.com). For summaries of Korman's books that I have read, please visit my blog: |
