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Avi

American author of children's books · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1937 · age 88

Edward Irving Wortis, better known by the pen name Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He won the Newbery Medal in 2003 for Crispin: The Cross of Lead, and was a runner-up in 1991 and 1992.

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Newbery Medal2003

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United States
Category
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Born 1937 · age 88

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