Great Neck Library Author Event: “Old School” by children’s books author Gordon Korman

Come join us at the Great Neck Library as we welcome author Gordon Korman presenting his new book “Old School”.

Gordon Korman is an author residing in Great Neck. He has written over 100 children and young adult books and has sold over 35 million copies of books worldwide.

Gordon was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has always enjoyed writing. He wrote his first book when he was 12 years old, as part of an English class taught by a PE teacher in 7^th grade. This was the manuscript for This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, the first book in the Macdonald Hall series, and it was published by Scholastic Press in 1978 when Korman was only 14 years old. He wrote 4 books before he graduated from high school. Some of his notable works are Macdonald Hall, Swindle, The Toilet F Tigers, Schooled, and The 39 Clues.

He moved to the United States to attend New York University in 1970. He studied film and film-writing and received a BFA from New York University in 1985, with a degree in dramatic visual writing and a minor in motion picture and television.

The author event will take place at the Main Library Community Room at 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. Registration is not required. For more information, please contact the Great Neck Library Children’s Department at (516) 466-8055 ext. 247.