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Patrick Carman is the award-winning author of many books for young adults and children. He grew up in Salem, Oregon, and graduated from Willamette University. His birthday is February 27th, 1966. He spent a decade living in Portland, where he worked in advertising, game design, and technology.

Patrick Carman has been a life long writer and storyteller. He writes books for young adults and children for Scholastic and Little Brown Books For Young Readers. His bestselling series work includes The Land of Elyon, Atherton, Elliot’s Park, 39 Clues, and Skeleton Creek. Mr. Carman’s books have been translated into approximately two dozen languages.

Mr. Carman spends his free time supporting literacy campaigns and community organizations, fly fishing, playing basketball and tennis, doing crosswords, watching movies, dabbling in video games, reading (lots), and (more than anything else) spending time with his wife and two daughters.

For more information about the author, please visit the frequently asked questions section of this site.

Organizations Patrick Carman supports:

• www.wallawallakidsread.com
• Patrick Carman’s Annual author festival, serving thousands of kids every spring
• www.agros.org
• Land, Hope, Life.
• www.one.org
• Join the fight against extreme poverty

35 Comments

1. Alexis says:

   May 6, 2013 at 11:58 am

   I love the Land of Elyon series and it has been one of the best book I have read in a long time and I can’t believe the secret you find out in the third book; The Tenth City!!!!

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2. jeffrey says:

   April 16, 2013 at 1:06 pm

   Patrick Carman is the awardwinning author of many books oooooooooooo mmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyy gggggggggggooooooooooddddddddd

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3. jace weiand says:

   April 12, 2013 at 8:51 am

   i love your books exspecialy skeliten creek.

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4. Ashley says:

   April 6, 2013 at 7:24 pm

   I love the land of elyon books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5. felicity says:

   April 6, 2013 at 9:00 am

   he is a funny guy he relates to kids

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