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Gary Blackwood (born October 23, 1945) is an American author known for ''The Shakespeare Stealer'' trilogy.〔Pinsent, P. "'Not For An Age But For All Time': The Depiction of Shakespeare In a Selection of Children's Fiction". ''New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship'', 2004.〕 Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Blackwood sold his first story when he was nineteen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000003975,00.html )〕 In 1998, he published ''The Shakespeare Stealer'', a historical fiction novel about an orphan, Widge, who is sent to steal ''Hamlet'' from William Shakespeare and The Lord Chamberlain's Men. After it won the 1999 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Blackwood published two sequels, ''Shakespeare's Scribe'' (2000) and ''Shakespeare's Spy'' (2003). Since then, he has continued writing historical fiction, such as ''Around the World in 100 Days'' (2010), which the ''Smithsonian'' named a 2010 Notable Book for Children and ''Kirkus Book Reviews'' one of 2010's Best Books for Teens. ==Awards== * 1990 Friends of American Writers Best Young Adult Novel for ''The Dying Sun''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Friends of American Writers Chicago Juvenile Literature Awards )〕 * Ozark Creative Writers Conference 1st prize for ''Attack of the Mushroom People'' * Missouri Scriptworks 1st prize for ''Dark Horse'' * 1999 ALA Best Book for Young Adults for ''The Shakespeare Stealer''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1999 ALA Best Books for Young Adults )〕 * 2010 Smithsonian's Notable Books for Children for ''Around the World in 100 Days''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Smithsonian's 2010 Notable Books for Children )〕 * 2010 Best Books for Teens by Kirkus Book Reviews for ''Around the World in 100 Days''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 Best Books for Teens: The Complete List )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Blackwood (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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