William Sleator (1945–2011)
Autor von Das Haus der Treppen: Fünf junge Menschen kämpfen ums Überleben
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William Sleator was born on February 13, 1945 in Harve de Grace, Maryland. In 1967, he received a BA in English from Harvard University. He mainly wrote science fiction novels for young adults. His first novel, Blackbriar, was published in 1972. He wrote more than 30 books including House of mehr anzeigen Stairs, Interstellar Pig, The Green Futures of Tycho, Strange Attractors, The Spirit House, The Boy Who Couldn't Die, and The Phantom Limb. His picture book, The Angry Moon, won a Caldecott Award in 1971. He died on August 3, 2011 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers II: More Tales to Make You Shiver (1997) — Mitwirkender — 48 Exemplare
Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Collection of Original Stories (1989) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Sleator, William
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Sleator III, William Warner
- Geburtstag
- 1945-02-13
- Todestag
- 2011-08-03
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA
- Sterbeort
- Bua Chet, Thailand
- Wohnorte
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
England, UK
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Thailand
University City, Missouri, USA (childhood)
Bua Chet, Thailand (last years of life) - Ausbildung
- Harvard University (A.B. | English | 1967)
- Berufe
- novelist
pianist
children's book author
young adult writer - Beziehungen
- Rhode, Paul Peter (companion, -1999)
Chitsa-Ard, Siang (companion, -2008)
Sleator, Tycho (sibling) - Organisationen
- Boston Ballet (pianist)
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Found: Juvenile novel - Kids have to escape room with red light in Name that Book (Januar 2023)
Found: Sci-fi fiction book about alien tournament looking for a stone in Name that Book (April 2022)
80s children's science fiction in Name that Book (November 2016)
Children's or young adult novel based on ideas of classical conditioning in Name that Book (Oktober 2014)
Children's Mystery Book - 20th century in Name that Book (Juli 2013)
Young Adult boy and girl who read each others' minds in Name that Book (November 2010)
YA SF kids in a social experiment in Name that Book (Juni 2010)
YA Sci-Fi "The Cube"-like Book? in Name that Book (Oktober 2009)
YA Held Hostage in Endless Stairs in Name that Book (Mai 2009)
Science fiction, man trapped in a "time box" (?), lots of push-ups and sit-ups in Name that Book (Januar 2009)
Young Adult Novel in Name that Book (Dezember 2008)
Trapped on endless staircase in Name that Book (August 2008)
book about teens and mind control in Name that Book (Juli 2008)
Book about homeless children and bizarre experiments in Name that Book (April 2008)
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Das Haus der Treppen: Fünf junge Menschen… von William Sleator
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