birth_place nationality notableworks language birth_date period genre article_title name occupation
littleton , new hampshire american '' weasel '' a rat 's tale '' '' the wainscott english 1952 1979-present children 's literature tor seidler
 tor seidler novelist , short story writer
tor seidler

tor seidler -lrb- born 1952 in littleton , new hampshire -rrb- is an american author of children 's literature .
many of his books feature anthropomorphic animals .
`` mean margaret '' was nominated for a national book award , `` the wainscott weasel '' was named a notable children 's book by the american library association , and `` a rat 's tale '' was named best book of the year by `` publishers weekly '' .
in 1998 , `` a rat 's tale '' was adapted into a puppet film by augsburger puppenkiste and distributed by warner bros. .
family entertainment .
20th century fox animation planned to adapt `` the wainscott weasel '' into a movie , but shelved the concept in 2006 .
he studied literature at stanford university .
