Jordan Sonnenblick
Jordan Sonnenblick is an American writer of young adult fiction. He is a graduate of New York City's Stuyvesant High School, and of the University of Pennsylvania.Personal life
Jordan Sonnenblick was born on July 4, 1969 in Fort Leonard Wood. He grew up in Staten Island, New York and married his wife in 1994, after graduating from college, and moved to Pennsylvania with her. He now resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with his wife and children. He frequently visits schools all over the United States, and sometimes internationally, to talk about his books.Career
Sonnenblick taught 5th grade in Houston, Texas for three years, and 8th grade English at Hackettstown and Phillipsburg Middle Schools in New Jersey for eleven years, before he retired to concentrate on writing books. His first novel, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, was inspired by one of his students, whose brother was battling cancer. He has always wanted to be an author and also plays the guitar, drums, and bass.Books
