Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readersīooklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth The Creature of the Pines is a Junior Library Guild book. The first two books of The Unicorn Rescue Society were included on Booklist's 2018 'Audio Stars for Youth' and 'Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror Audiobooks for Youth' lists. In 2019, Booklist included it on their list of the '50 Best Middle-Grade Novels of the 21st Century.' They also included the audiobook edition on their 2017 'Top 10 Middle-Grade Fiction on Audio' and 'Top 10 Youth Historical Fiction on Audio' lists. Booklist included it on their 2016 'Top 10 Religion and Spirituality Books for Youth' and 2017 'Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth' lists. Kirkus Reviews, The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and The Washington Post named it one of the best children's books of 2016. Both and book and audiobook are Junior Library Guild selections. The Inquisitor's Tale is a New York Times Bestselling book. An animated series based on the book was one of the top ten most watched shows for kids on Netflix in October 2021. Brown named it one of the best children's books of 2010. Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness editor Jennifer M. They now live in Brooklyn, New York and Gidwitz writes full-time.Ī Tale Dark and Grimm was named named a New York Times Editor's Choice.

In 2011, Gidwitz married Lauren Mancia, whom he met in university. He credits a stint as a substitute librarian as the inspiration for writing The Grimm Trilogy.

He attended Columbia University, where he majored in English literature and spent his junior year abroad in the university's Oxford/Cambridge Scholars program.Īfter university, Gidwitz became a teacher at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn. Through his father's family, he is also related to Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate and Trump appointee Ronald Gidwitz. His grandfather, Willard Gidwitz, was a president at Helene Curtis. He was born in San Francisco in 1982 but grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2021, his book A Tale Dark and Grimm was adapted into an animated miniseries on Netflix. He received a 2017 Newbery Honor for The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2016). Adam Gidwitz (born February 14, 1982) is the author of the best selling children's books A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010), In a Glass Grimmly (2012), and The Grimm Conclusion (2013), all published by Dutton Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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