CARL DEUKER

GROWING UP

• Born August 25th, 1950
• Raised in Redwood City, California
• Spent hour in a creek behind his house looking for animals
• He was too slow and to small to play sports so he decided to write about them
• He began college with trying for a english major but go writing major

BOOKS!

• Night Hoops about a kid that has a neighbor who is a crminal
• Painting the Black Is about a kid that hasnt played baseball for 6 years because he broke his ankle
• Gym Candy
• Devils court is about a kid that sells his soul for being the best at basketball

COLLEGES

• Cal Berkely English major
• University of Washington

MY FAVORITE BOOK!!! GYM CANDY

• It is about a boy that is older than anybody in his class and plays football
• Then the coach for his high school football team finds out that he is taking "Gym Candy"

SPORTS BACKGROUND

• Loves volleyball
• Coaches volleyball and played golf as a kid

JOBS HE HAS HAD BEFORE AN AUTHOR

• He was a teacher and still is
• Wanted to be a writer his whole life

CARRER AS A WRITER

• 1988 First book: Devils Court
• 1998 Second book: Heart of a Champion
• 1999 Third book: Painting the Black
• 2000 Fourth book: Night Hoops
• 2003 Fifth book: High Heat

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