Gary Paulsen Biography
Gary Paulsen was born May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. When Paulsen was 14 he ran away from home. He travelled with a carnival when he ran away. Most of his stories are based on personal experience. He is so interested in dog sledding he raced in a dog sled race and wrote a book about it called the Iditorad. Paulsen has a very close with his dogs and loves being out in nature, and normally writes about animals and nature. Paulsen was inspired to become a writer when he was 13. He was a poor reader and a poor student and a librarian got him into reading.