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- Education/Careers: I had no visions of being a writer when I was in school and instead graduated college with a degree in ergonomics (for physical therapy), then went to graduate school to earn teaching credentials. I taught computer science and math at the high school level for 15 years.
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Overview. Born. January 6, 1965 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Mini Bio. Books have always been a part of Wendelin Van Draanen's life. Her mother taught her to read at an early age, and she has fond memories of story time with her father, when she and her brothers would cuddle up around him and listen to him read stories.
- January 6, 1965
Van Draanen is the daughter of two chemists who immigrated from the Netherlands. Before she became a full-time writer she was a high school math teacher and computer science teacher. Van Draanen lives in San Luis Obispo, California, with her husband Mark Parsons and two sons, Colton and Connor. Selected works
BIO for WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN. Wendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes mystery series, and wrote Flipped, which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ and became a Warner Brothers feature film in 2010.
But Van Draanen never released the pent up anger, frustration, and heartache that accompanied the tragedy. She turned to writing and found it cathartic. According to Van Draanen, her first literary attempt was a “horribly written” screenplay about her family’s struggle to survive.
by Claire E. White. Award-winning children's author Wendelin Van Draanen has always given her all to everything she does. For years, she was a high school computer science teacher in central California, where she taught computer programming. She also coordinated the yearbook and managed the school newspaper.
Van Draanen, WendelinPERSONAL:Married; children: two sons. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, running, and playing in a rock band.ADDRESSES:Home—CA.CAREER:Worked variously as a teacher of high school math and computer science, a forklift driver, a sports coach, and a musician.
Short Biography. Wendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes series—often called “The new Nancy Drew”—and wrote Flipped, which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by School Library Journal and became a Warner ...
