Dan Gutman is one of the most successful authors of all time. He has a lot of series that were very successful. Being an author is actually one of the hardest careers in the world. You have to be able to write a lot of books that are grammatically correct, On October 19, 1955 one of the best authors of all time was born, and his name is Dan Gutman. He is one of the most famous authors ever. He has wrote some of the greatest books of all time. Many Adults and children have read his books. He grew up in the state of New Jersey, with his mother, sister, and a short time with his father. He loves baseball. He played it all his life as a kid, and to this day he watches and loves the game of baseball. In 1968 he came home from a little league baseball game to find that his father had abandoned him and his …show more content…
He writes all kinds of books. The main types of books he writes are picture and chapter books. He writes a lot about baseball, he even has a whole series about baseball called The Baseball Card Adventure series. That series went on to be a great success, with many kids reading it. It is about a kid who can travel back in time using baseball cards. In 1987 he started writing sports books and he published his first book that year. The name of his first book is If You Ain't Cheatin’ You Ain’t Tryin’. He is also an American Children Author. He started writing children’s books in 1992, and it was a success so he continued to write. In 1994 he found his true calling as an author. He was thinking of a new series to write one day when his daughter inspired him to write the my weird school books. This series is about a kid who has a bunch of crazy teachers. That series ended up being a huge success. Kids all across america were reading those books, and they are still read to this day. His goal as an author was to make kids who hate reading to enjoy it, and he did an amazing job at