Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman is a Canadian author of children's and young adult fiction who was born in Montreal and moved to Thornhill, Ontario, with his parents. His Macdonald Hall series began with This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, a novel he wrote as a seventh-grade school assignment and published in 1978 at age 14. Other titles include One False Note from The 39 Clues, the Swindle and Masterminds books, and Schooled, and his books have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.