*Schmidt, Gary D.: -Gary D. Schmidtis the best-selling author of many books for young readers, including Just Like That *; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; and the ...

*Schmidt, Gary D.: -Gary D. Schmidtis the best-selling author of many books for young readers, including Just Like That *; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; and the Newbery Honor Book The Wednesday Wars. He is a professor of English at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.