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1. He won the Newberry award for Maniac Magee in 1998 (www.carr.org/ ).
2. Was born in Pennsylvania (http://www.carr.org/).
3. He went to Gettysburg college and John Hopskins University (http://www.carr.org/)
4. He wrote a poem in high schoool about the footbal team's win over a tough opponent. It got published in the local newspaper (http://www.jerryspinelli.net/)
5. He started out trying to write books for adults, but the publishers rejected them (http://www.jerry/ Spinelli.net).
6. He started writing Space Station Seventh Grade one night when he saw his children eating fried chicken (http://www.jerrryspinelli.net/)
7. He wrote "Who put that hair in my Toothbrush?" in 1984 (http://www.jerryspinelli.net/)
8. He also wrote Jason and Marceline (www.JerrySpinelli.net)
9. Got married in 1977 to Eileen Mesi and has six children (http://www.jerryspinelli.net/)
10. He was in the United States Navy (http://www.jerryspinelli.net/)