Boston's favorite son

by Roger Sutton
Mar 06, 2012 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
photo by Lolly Robinson


Reigning (wait, is it incoming until he actually gets his mitts on the goods?) O'Dell and Newbery Medalist Jack Gantos stopped by the office last Friday for a bit of cake and champagne to celebrate the success of Dead End in Norvelt. (And to fortify himself for his daughter's pajama party, which he was supervising that evening.) We were glad to learn he was already working on his Newbery speech, which is good because it's due in less than a month.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Ben Liery

Jonathan Holmes is Boston's Favorite son.

Posted : May 16, 2015 01:52

LoriJ

I heard Jack Gantos on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Boy, what a hoot he was! What an adventurous life!

Posted : Mar 14, 2012 07:19

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