Jack Gantos
Jack Gantos is an American author of children's books, best known for characters like Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza, and award-winning works such as the Newbery Medal-winning Dead End in Norvelt and the memoir Hole in My Life. Born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, he faced a turbulent youth including frequent moves, a drug smuggling arrest leading to prison time, after which he turned to writing, publishing his first book Rotten Ralph in 1976. He has written across genres for all ages and taught creative writing at institutions like Emerson College.
Children's literature
Middle-grade fiction
Young adult novels
Picture books
Memoir
The Trouble in Me
What Would Joey Do?
From Norvelt to Nowhere
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
Joey Pigza Loses Control
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
Rotten Ralph's Rotten Romance
Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue: A Jack Henry Adventure
Rotten Ralph Book and CD (Read Along Book & CD)
What Would Joey Pigza Do?
The Nine Lives of Rotten Ralph
Jack's Black Book (Jack Henry)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
I Am Not Joey Pigza (Joey Pigza Books)
Rotten Ralph Helps Out: My Readers Level 3
Not So Rotten Ralph
I Am Not Joey Pigza
What Would Joey Do?
The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
Dead End in Norvelt
Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph: A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader
Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph
Rotten Ralph Helps Out
The Trouble in Me