Jordan Sonnenblick is an American writer of young-adult fiction. He is a graduate of New York City's

New York City

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 Stuyvesant High School

Stuyvesant High School

Stuyvesant High School , commonly referred to as Stuy , is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. The school opened in 1904 on Manhattan's East Side and moved to a new building in Battery Park City in 1992. Stuyvesant is noted for its strong academic...

 (1987), and of the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

. He taught 8th grade English at Phillipsburg Middle School.

Sonnenblick grew up in Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 and now lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

 with his wife, son, and daughter.

Early Life

Jordan was born on July 4, 1969, in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He moved to Staten Island,NY and grew up there. He married his wife in 1991, after graduating from college, and they moved to Pennsylvania. He now resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with his wife, daughter, and son. He taught 8th grade English at Phillipsburg Middle School in New Jersey for eleven years before he decided to start writing books. Jordan graduated from New York City's Stuyvesant High School and the University of Pennsylvania. He has also always wanted to be an author and plays the guitar and drums.

Books

• Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
  Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
  Drum, Girls & Dangerous Pie is a book aimed at children and young teenagers, and was the 2004 debut novel from author Jordan Sonnenblick, originally published by DayBlue Insights and later by Scholastic...
  
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• Notes From the Midnight Driver
  Notes From the Midnight Driver
  Notes From the Midnight Driver is a young adult novel by Jordan Sonnenblick. It was published by Scholastic in 2006. It is Jordan Sonnenblick's second book.-Plot summary:...
  
   (2006)
• Zen and the Art of Faking It (2007)
• Dodger and Me (2008)
• Dodger for President (2009)
• After Ever After
  After Ever After
  After Ever After is a book written by Jordan Sonnenblick. It is presumed that it is a continuation of Sonnenblick's earlier book, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie or even Notes From the Midnight Driver...
  
  (2010)