The author of more than two dozen books, including Newbery winner Maniac McGee, Newbery Honor Book Wringer, childhood memoir Knots in My Yo-Yo String, and the bestselling Stargirl novels, Jerry ...

UWCHLAN >> Children’s book author Jerry Spinelli visited Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center students on Monday to speak about his most recent book, “The Warden’s Daughter.” Spinelli published his first ...

Jerry Spinelli’s young adult novel “Dead Wednesday” is heading to the big screen with a film adaptation in the works. Alex Haughey will direct the project. He will also produce alongside Noam Dromi in ...

Bookshelf talked to Jerry Spinelli, author of Newbery winner Maniac Magee and Newbery Honor Book Wringer, about his follow-up to Stargirl: the forthcoming Love, Stargirl (Knopf). Since Stargirl has ...

NORRISTOWN >> If there is nothing more American than apple pie, then there are few things more quintessentially Norristown than Jerry Spinelli eating a zep. The award-winning author returned to ...

Last Saturday, Norristown-native and award-winning author Jerry Spinelli spoke at Elmwood Park Zoo during Read Across America festivities. He could have spent the majority of the time discussing his ...

Jerry Spinelli is the author of more than two dozen books, including "Maniac Magee," the story of a 12-year-old orphan, which won the coveted Newbery Medal in 1991. His latest book is "Smiles to Go." ...

"There must be something about me and orphans," says author Jerry Spinelli. Several of Spinelli's novels tell orphan stories, including his Newbery award-winning book Maniac Magee. "People come from ...