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Christopher Paul Curtis


USA flag (b.1953)

Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953 to Dr. Herman Elmer Curtis, a chiropodist, and Leslie Jane Curtis, an educator. The city of Flint plays an important role in many of Curtis's books. One such example is Bucking the Sarge, which is about a fifteen year old boy named Luther T. Ferrel, who is in a running battle with his slum-lord mother. Curtis is an alumnus of the University of Michigan-Flint.

Curtis is the father of two children, Steven, an ensign in the United States Navy, and Cydney, a college student and accomplished pianist. His third child is expected to make an appearance in 2011. Christopher modeled characters in Bud, Not Buddy after his two grandfathersEarl Lefty Lewis, a Negro league baseball pitcher, and 1930s bandleader Herman E. Curtis, Sr., of Herman Curtis and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression.

Curtis moved to Detroit, Michigan in January, 2009.
 
 
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Christopher Paul Curtis recommends
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The List of Things That Will Not Change (2020)
Rebecca Stead
"Rebecca Stead’s writing is always infused with the tender minutiae of being alive, with the price we have to pay to be human. This book, along with its perfect title, is ‘Typical Rebecca Stead.’ And that’s a heartfelt compliment."
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We Are All Made of Molecules (2015)
Susin Nielsen
"There is so much to love about this story, most of all, the humor. How do I join the Susin Nielsen fan club?"

Anthologies containing stories by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Guys Read: Funny Business (2010)
(Guys Read)
edited by
Jon Scieszka
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Bites (2010)
Scary Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into
edited by
Lois Metzger

Awards
Newbery Medal Best Novel nominee (1996) : The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Newbery Medal Best Novel winner (2000) : Bud, Not Buddy
Newbery Medal Best Novel nominee (2008) : Elijah of Buxton


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