Opening Chapter: New YA Memoir Explores Life-Altering Experience
There are several key dates in the career of childrens author Jack Gantos.
In 2001, Gantos received a Newbery Honor for Joey Pigza Loses Control.
His novel Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key was a National Book Award Finalist in 1999.
In 1976, his first book, Rotten Ralph, was published.
And in 1972 he spent a year in prison.