{"id":1741,"date":"2014-10-27T06:58:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2014-10-27T06:58:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:58:48","slug":"fleischman-sid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/fleischman-sid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleischman, Sid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Albert Sidney (Sid) Fleischman, born March 16, 1920\u00a0in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up in San Diego, CA. As a youth, he wanted to be a magician. After high school, he performed in vaudeville shows across the country, and had a book of original magic tricks published when he was 17. After graduating from college he worked briefly as a newspaper reporter in San Diego, then turned to writing full-time.<\/p>\n

His first children’s book was written for his own children, to show them what their father did for a living. He wrote books for adults and children, as well as screenplays. He said, “Nothing surprises me more than to discover myself a writer. I wanted to become a magician.” He infused his writing with a sense of magic, using wild language, unusual names, exaggeration, and a sense of humor.<\/p>\n

Mr. Fleischman\u00a0won numerous awards for his adult and children’s books, including the 1987 Newbery Award for The Whipping Boy<\/i>. Among his other books are Mr. Mysterious & Company<\/i> (1962), McBroom Tells the Truth<\/i> (1966), Humbug Mountain<\/i> (1978), and Jim Ugly\u00a0<\/i>(1992). Recent titles were Escape! the Story of the Great Houdini,\u00a0<\/i>The White Elephant, <\/i>and The Trouble Begins at 8: a Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Fleischman passed away on March 17, 2010, the day after his 90th birthday.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Steve Mudd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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