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Biography:
AVI was born on December 23, 1937 in New York City. His real name is Edward Irving Wortis. Avi has a twin sister; when they were little, Avi and his sister would play together. Avi's sister gave him a nickname which is now Avi; he has kept this name for his whole life. On the book covers it would show his name Avi instead of Edward Wortis. Avi made a decision in Jan 1954 to write books. AVI writes many different genres such as: Children books, Humorous tales, Young Adult books, Mystery, Adventure, Murder and Fantasy Stories. On January 1959, Avi received a B.A in history of University of Wisconsin. Avi received an M.A. in Drama of University of Wisconsin. Avi graduated from University of Wisconsin and married a weaver named Joan Gabriner. He went back to school for the last time at Columbia University to receive an M.S in Library Science. Avi published his first book called Things That Sometimes Happens in 1970. 1980 Avi won the Christopher Award for Encounter of Easton. In 1982 Joan and Avi divorced. He won the Scott O' Dell Historical Fiction Award for one of his books The Fighting Ground in 1984. In 1986 Avi took focus and concentration on writing for the Library Journal and the School's Library Journal. He won his first Newberry Award in 1991 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. He also won The Boston Globe Horn Award for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi won the Second Newberry Award for Nothing But the True in 1992. Avi won the 2nd Boston Globe Horn Award for Nothing But the True, and he won the 3rd Boston Globe Horn Award for Poppy in 1995. He won the Newberry Medal for his fiftieth book called Crispin: The Cross of Lead in 2003. In 2010 Avi published his second book of Crispin: The End of Time. Avi married his second wife named Coppeila Kahn which also ended. Then, he married his last wife; her name is Linda K. Wright. Avi is a father of seven children which include: Kevin Wortis, Shaun Wortis, Robert Wortis, Catherine Wortis, Hayden Kahn, Gabriel Kahn (step-child), and Jack Spina.
(From https://adventurousavi.weebly.com/author-information.html)
Works by Avi:
Standalone Works
AVI was born on December 23, 1937 in New York City. His real name is Edward Irving Wortis. Avi has a twin sister; when they were little, Avi and his sister would play together. Avi's sister gave him a nickname which is now Avi; he has kept this name for his whole life. On the book covers it would show his name Avi instead of Edward Wortis. Avi made a decision in Jan 1954 to write books. AVI writes many different genres such as: Children books, Humorous tales, Young Adult books, Mystery, Adventure, Murder and Fantasy Stories. On January 1959, Avi received a B.A in history of University of Wisconsin. Avi received an M.A. in Drama of University of Wisconsin. Avi graduated from University of Wisconsin and married a weaver named Joan Gabriner. He went back to school for the last time at Columbia University to receive an M.S in Library Science. Avi published his first book called Things That Sometimes Happens in 1970. 1980 Avi won the Christopher Award for Encounter of Easton. In 1982 Joan and Avi divorced. He won the Scott O' Dell Historical Fiction Award for one of his books The Fighting Ground in 1984. In 1986 Avi took focus and concentration on writing for the Library Journal and the School's Library Journal. He won his first Newberry Award in 1991 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. He also won The Boston Globe Horn Award for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi won the Second Newberry Award for Nothing But the True in 1992. Avi won the 2nd Boston Globe Horn Award for Nothing But the True, and he won the 3rd Boston Globe Horn Award for Poppy in 1995. He won the Newberry Medal for his fiftieth book called Crispin: The Cross of Lead in 2003. In 2010 Avi published his second book of Crispin: The End of Time. Avi married his second wife named Coppeila Kahn which also ended. Then, he married his last wife; her name is Linda K. Wright. Avi is a father of seven children which include: Kevin Wortis, Shaun Wortis, Robert Wortis, Catherine Wortis, Hayden Kahn, Gabriel Kahn (step-child), and Jack Spina.
(From https://adventurousavi.weebly.com/author-information.html)
Works by Avi:
Standalone Works
- Things That Sometimes Happen: Very Short Stories for Little Listeners (1970)
- Snail Tale (1972), re-published in 2004 as the End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail
- No More Magic (1975)
- Captain Grey (1977)
- Emily Upham's Revenge (1978)
- The History of Helpless Harry (1980)
- The Man from the Sky (1980)
- A Place Called Ugly (1981)
- Who Stole the Wizard Of Oz? (1981)
- Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name (1982)
- Devil's Race (1984)
- Fighting Ground (1984)
- S.O.R. Losers (1984)
- Bright Shadow (1985)
- Wolf Rider (1986)
- Romeo and Juliet, Together (and Alive!) At Last (1987)
- Something Upstairs (1988)
- The Man Who Was Poe (1989)
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990)
- Nothing But the Truth (1991)
- Windcatcher (1991)
- Blue Heron (1992)
- Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? (1992)
- City of Light, City of Dark (1993)
- Punch with Judy (1993)
- The Barn (1994)
- Smugglers' Island (1994)
- Tom, Babette, & Simon: Three Tales of Transformation (1995)
- The Escape from Home: Beyond the Western Sea, Book 1 (1996)
- Into The Storm (1996)
- Finding Providence: the Story of Roger Williams (1997)
- What Do Fish Have To Do with Anything? (1997)
- Perloo the Bold (1998)
- Abigail Takes the Wheel (1999)
- Amanda Joins the Circus (1999)
- Keep Your Eye on Amanda (1999)
- The Christmas Rat (2000)
- City of Orphans (2000)
- Don't You Know There's a War On? (2001)
- Good Dog (2001)
- Prairie School (2001)
- Secret School (2001)
- The Mayor of Central Park (2003)
- Silent Movie (2003)
- Never Mind: A Twin Novel (2004)
- Book Without Words (2005)
- Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation (2005)
- Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor & the Merrimac (2007)
- The Traitors' Gate (2007)
- A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End (2008)
- Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 (2008)
- Seer of Shadows (2008)
- Sophia's War: a Tale of the Revolution (2012)
- Catch You Later, Traitor (2015)
- Old Wolf (2015)
- The Most Important Thing: Stories About Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers (2017)
- School of the Dead (2016)
- The Player King (2017)
- The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts (2017)
- The Button War (2018)
- The End of the World and Beyond (2019)
- Night Journeys (1979)
- Encounter at Easton (1980)
- Poppy (1995)
- Poppy and Rye (1997)
- Ragweed (1999) - Prequel to Poppy
- Ereth's Birthday (2000)
- Poppy's Return (2005)
- Poppy and Ereth (2009)
- Escape from Home (1996)
- Lord Kirkle's Money: Beyond the Western Sea, Book 2 (1996)
- Midnight Magic (1999)
- Murder at Midnight (2009) - Prequel to Midnight Magic
- Crispin: the Cross of Lead (2002)
- Crispin at the Edge of the World (2006)
- Crispin: the End of Time (2010)
