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Gordon Korman

Canada (b.1963)

Gordon Korman was born October 23, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. He wrote his first book, This Can't be Happening at Macdonald Hall when he was 12 years old for a coach who suddenly found himself teaching 7th grade English ... he later took that episode and created a book out of it, as well, in the Sixth Grade Nickname Game, where Mr. Huge was based on that 7th grade teacher.

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

New and upcoming books

January 2025

Old School

July 2025

Snoop

Series

Macdonald Hall
   1. This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall! (1978)
   2. Go Jump in the Pool! (1979)
   3. Beware the Fish! (1980)
   4. The War with Mr. Wizzle (1982)
     aka The Wizzle War
   5. The Zucchini Warriors (1988)
   6. Macdonald Hall Goes Hollywood (1991)
     aka Lights, Camera, Disaster!
   7. Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall (1995)
     aka The Joke's on Us

Monday Night Football Club
   1. Quarterback Exchange (1997)
   2. Running Back Conversion (1997)
   3. The Super Bowl Switch (1997)
   4. Heavy Artillery (1997)
   5. Ultimate Scoring Machine (1998)

Slapshots
   1. The Stars from Mars (1999)
   2. All Mars All Stars (1999)
     aka The Dream Team
   3. The Face-Off Phony (2000)
   4. Cup Crazy (2000)
   The Face-Off Phoney (2000)

Stan Mflxnys and Devin Hunter
   1. Nose Pickers from Outer Space (1999)
   2. Planet of the Nose Pickers (2000)
   3. Your Mummy Is a Nose Picker (2000)
   4. Invasion of the Nose Pickers (2001)

Jersey
   1. It's Magic (2001) (with Jay Sinclair)
   2. No Girly Girls Allowed (2000) (with Jay Sinclair)
   3. Nick's a Chick (2000) (with Marty Selman)
   4. This Rocks! (2000) (with Marty Selman)
   5. Team Player (2000) (with Paul Mantell)
   6. Head Over Heels (2001) (with Paul Mantell)
   7. Fight for Your Right (2001) (with Paul Mantell)
   8. Need for Speed (2001) (with Elizabeth M Rees)

Island
   1. Shipwreck (2001)
   2. Survival (2001)
   3. Escape (2001)

Dive
   1. The Discovery (2003)
   2. The Deep (2002)
   3. The Danger (2002)

Everest
   1. The Contest (2002)
   2. The Climb (2002)
   3. The Summit (2002)

Son of the Mob
1. Son of the Mob (2002)
2. Hollywood Hustle (2004)

Kidnapped
   1. The Abduction (2006)
   2. The Search (2006)
   3. The Rescue (2006)

On the Run
   1. Chasing the Falconers (2005)
   2. The Fugitive Factor (2005)
   3. Now You See Them, Now You Don't (2005)
   4. The Stowaway Solution (2005)
   5. Public Enemies (2005)
   6. Hunting the Hunter (2005)

Swindle Mystery
   1. Swindle (2008)
   2. Zoobreak (2009)
   3. Framed (2010)
   4. Showoff (2012)
   5. Hideout (2012)
   Hideout: The Second Adventure (2012)
   Hideout: The Third Adventure (2012)
   6. Jackpot (2014)
   7. Unleashed (2015)
   8. Jingle (2016)

Titanic
   1. Unsinkable (2011)
   2. Collision Course (2011)
   3. S.O.S. (2011)

Ungifted
1. Ungifted (2012)
2. Supergifted (2018)

Hypnotists
   1. The Hypnotists (2013)
   2. Memory Maze (2014)
   3. The Dragonfly Effect (2015)

Masterminds
   1. Masterminds (2015)
   2. Criminal Destiny (2016)
   3. Payback (2017)

Slacker
Slacker (2016)
Level 13 (2019)

Novels

   I Want to Go Home! (1981)
   Who is Bugs Potter (1984)
   No Coins, Please (1985)
   Dont Care High (1985)
   Our Man Weston (1986)
   Son of Interflux (1986)
   A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag (1987)
   Radio Fifth Grade (1989)
   Losing Joe's Place (1991)
   Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny (1991)
   The Twinkie Squad (1992)
   The Toilet Paper Tigers (1993)
   Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road? (1994)
   Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom (1996)
   The Chicken Doesn't Skate (1996)
   Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire (1997)
   The 6th Grade Nickname Game (1998)
   Nose Pickers from Outer Space by Gordan Korman (1999)
   No More Dead Dogs (2000)
   Touchdown Stage Left (2000)
   No Girly-Girl Allowed (2001)
   Clue Me In! (2001) (with Kathy Burkett)
   Maxx Comedy (2003)
   Jake, Reinvented (2003)
   Great Gatsby Novel (2003)
   Born to Rock (2006)
   Schooled (2007)
   The Juvie Three (2008)
   Pop (2009)
   ReStart (2017)
   Whatshisface (2018)
   The Unteachables (2019)
   Notorious (2020)
   Unplugged (2021)
   Linked (2021)
   Operation Do-Over (2022)
   The Fort (2022)
   The Superteacher Project (2023)
   Mixed Up (2023)
   Slugfest (2024)
   Faker (2024)
   Old School (2025)
   Snoop (2025)

Collections

   The Ultimate Nose Pickers Collection (2006)
   Tales of Suspense for Boys (2006) (with Katherine Applegate and R L Stine)
   War Stories (2020)
   Game On! (2021)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Trophy (2012)

Series contributed to

39 Clues
   2. One False Note (2008)
   8. The Emperor's Code (2010)
   11. Vespers Rising (2011) (with others)

39 Clues : Cahills vs. Vespers
1. The Medusa Plot (2011)

39 Clues: Unstoppable
4. Flashpoint (2014)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Gordon Korman

Hope Wins (2022)
A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers
edited by
Rose Brock

Our Story Begins (2017)
edited by
Elissa Brent Weissman

Who Done It? (2013)
edited by
Jon Scieszka

More books

Gordon Korman recommends

The Liars Society (2024)
(Liars Society, book 1)
Alyson Gerber
"No spoilers! The Liars Society kept me guessing up until the final twist!"

The Area 51 Files (2022)
(Area 51 Files, book 1)
Julie Buxbaum
"Filled with equal parts mystery and belly-laughs, The Area 51 Files delivers an alien invasion of out-of-this-world fun."

Heroes Level Up (2020)
(Homerooms and Hall Passes, book 2)
Tom O'Donnell
"A hilarious, upside-down take on Dungeons & Dragons, I read; I cheered; I laughed out loud."

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