Gary Paulsen

Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod - the 1,180-mile sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness - in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination....

Here are the real events that inspired Gary Paulsen to write Brian Robeson’s story in Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, and Brian's Hunt....

Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs....

Millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, and Brian’s Return know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness....

A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....

These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, taking listeners through the seasons. In Paulsen’s north country, every expedition is a major one, and often hilarious....

Every winter, John Borne looked forward to the days when he and his grandfather headed into the snowy Minnesota woods to hunt together....

Kevin has a big talent. Some might call it compulsive lying. He calls it common sense....

When his family packs up and moves from the city to a small town deep in the Wisconsin countryside, 15-year-old Wil Neuton makes an exhilarating discovery....

An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds....

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America....

This stunning book from the survival story master, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the ocean what Hatchet does for the woods, as it relates the story of a young person’s battle to stay alive against the odds, where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness....

Among all the lawmen of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves....

In This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, Paulsen proves the ways in which animals have taught him to be a better person....

The year is 2057. Endless wars have torn the USA apart and enslaved Americans to the evil CCR, the Confederation of Consolidated Republics....

For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day is an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor....

Brian ist zwölf und auf dem Weg zu seinem Vater, als der Pilot des kleinen Flugzeugs, mit dem der Junge unterwegs ist, an einem Herzinfarkt stirbt...

Gary Paulsen's comic story about a summer job becomes a slapstick lesson in business as one boy turns a mountain of grass into a mountain of cash....

It is 1848, and Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family....

Tired of being poor, Steven’s father, Corey, is certain that preaching the Word of the Lord is the way to fame and fortune. So father and son take off in their dilapidated truck, with a stolen Bible and a leaky army tent....