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gutman speaking in south orange , nj , 2011 new york city , new york , usa video games , baseball history , sports biography american 19 october 1955 children 's historical fiction , historical fantasy , humor gutman.jpg dan gutman
 dan gutman writer
dan gutman

daniel edward `` dan '' gutman -lrb- born october 19 , 1955 -rrb- is an american writer , primarily of children 's fiction .
his best known works are the `` baseball card adventures '' children 's book series which started off with `` honus & me '' .
each book in the series revolves around a child named joe stoshack -lrb- nicknamed `` stosh '' -rrb- traveling back in time to meet a baseball legend ; the first work is based on the premise of sotsh finding a honus wagner t206 baseball card in the attic of his neighbor .
further books in the series feature jackie robinson , babe ruth , shoeless joe jackson , dorothy maguire , abner doubleday , satchel paige , jim thorpe , ray chapman , roberto clemente , ted williams , and willie mays .
the original story , `` honus & me '' , was made into a turner network television made-for-tv picture entitled `` the winning season '' , starring matthew modine .
gutman was born in new york city .
he was raised in newark , new jersey -- by his mother alone from age 12 , when his father abandoned them .
he graduated from rutgers university with a degree in psychology and started graduate school in that field .
he lives in new york city with his wife .
he also has two grown children .
