Pete Hautman is the author of many well received young adult novels, one of which, Godless

Godless (novel)

Godless is a 2004 young adult novel by Pete Hautman. It won the 2004 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.It is about a 15-year-old boy, Jason Bock, who develops a religion of his own called "Chutengodianism." His god is the Ten-Legged God, also known as the water tower, and he is...

, won the National Book Award

National Book Award

The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...

 for Young People's Literature. Hautman moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 44,126 people, 20,782 households, and 10,557 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,122.5 persons per square mile . There were 21,140 housing units at an average density of 1,975.0 per square mile...

 at the age of five. He later graduated from St. Louis Park High School and attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit four-year and postgraduate college specializing in the visual arts. Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, MCAD currently enrolls approximately 1,000 students offering curriculum that includes...

 and the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

 over the next eight years, without receiving a degree from either institution. After working at several jobs which he describes as "ill-suited", Hautman published his first novel, Drawing Dead, in 1993. He loves to cook, has two small dogs, and is currently living with mystery writer Mary Logue. Pete Hautman is a popular author and has made multiple works that can directly relate to the young or adolescent reader.

Novels

• Drawing Dead (1993)
• Short Money (1995)
• The Mortal Nuts (1996)
• Ring Game (1997)
• Mrs. Million (1999)
• Rag Man (2001)
• Doohickey (2002)
• The Prop (2006)

Young Adult Books

• Mr Was (1996)
• No Limit (1998)(Stone Cold)
• Hole in the Sky (2001)
• Sweetblood (2003)
• Godless
  Godless (novel)
  Godless is a 2004 young adult novel by Pete Hautman. It won the 2004 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.It is about a 15-year-old boy, Jason Bock, who develops a religion of his own called "Chutengodianism." His god is the Ten-Legged God, also known as the water tower, and he is...
  
  (2004)
• Poker Face (2005)
• Invisible
  Invisible (novel)
  Invisible is a novel by Pete Hautman detailing a 17-year-old boy's battle with his inner demons and his descent into insanity. It won the 2006 Wisconsin Library Association Children's Book Award...
  
  (2005)
• Rash
  Rash (novel)
  Rash is a 2006 novel written by Pete Hautman. It is set in the year 2074, in a futuristic United States, now called the United Safer States of America, that has become obsessed with safety and security. Nearly every potentially unsafe action has been criminalized, to the point that 24% of the...
  
  (2008)
• All-In (2007)
• Full House (2007)
• How to Steal a Car (2009)
• Blank Confession (2010)
• The Big Crunch (2011)

"The Bloodwater Mysteries" with Mary Logue

• Snatched (2006)
• Skullduggery (2007)
• Delganger (2008)

External links

• Pete Hautman's website
• 2001 Interview w/Pete Hautman