page_title: Louis Sachar
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Sachar
caption_attribution_description: English: Louis Sachar, American children's author
context_page_description: Louis Sachar is an American children's book author. His best known books are the Wayside School series and the award-winner, Holes novel.
  Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 2013 it was ranked number six among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.
  Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York United States.
context_section_description: Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American children's book author. His best known books are the Wayside School series and the award-winner, Holes novel.
  Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 2013 it was ranked number six among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.
  Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York United States.
caption: Sachar at the 2006 Texas Book Festival
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