Peter Murray Hautman (born September 29, 1952) is an American author best known for his novels for

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. One of them, '' Godless'', won the 2004

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. The National Book Foundation summary is, "A teenage boy decides to invent a new religion with a new god."

Biography

Hautman was born in

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on September 29, 1952 and moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota at the age of five. He graduated from St. Louis Park High School and attended the

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and the

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during the next seven years without receiving a degree from either institution. After working at several jobs for which he calls himself "ill-suited", Hautman's first novel, ''Drawing Dead'', was published in 1993. He lives with novelist and poet Mary Logue in

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and Stockholm, Wisconsin.

Awards and honors

* Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2011, ''The Big Crunch'' *

, 2004, ''Godless''"2004 National Book Award Winner: Young People's Literature"
NBF. Retrieved 2013-11-22. *

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for ''Mrs. Million'' (2000), ''Sweetblood'' (2004), ''Godless'' (2005) and ''Blank Confession'' (2011) *

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Awards for ''Rag Man'' (2002) and ''Invisible'' (2006) *

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"Thumbs Up" Award for ''Mr. Was'' (1997) and ''Rash'' (2007) * Edgar Award for Best Juvenile for ''Otherwood'' (2018)

Books

Young-adult novels

*''Mr. Was'' (1996) *''No Limit'' (1998)(''Stone Cold'') *''Hole in the Sky'' (2000) *'' Sweetblood'' (2003) *'' Godless'' (2004) — winner,

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"National Book Awards – 2004"

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(NBF). Retrieved 2012-01-26. *''No Limit'' (2005) *''Invisible'' (2005) *''All-In'' (2007) *''Full House'' (2007) *''

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'' (2006) *''How to Steal a Car'' (2009) *''Blank Confession'' (2010) *''The Big Crunch'' (2011) *''What Boys Really Want'' (2012) *The Klaatu Diskos **''The Obsidian Blade'' (2012) **''The Cydonian Pyramid'' (2013) **''The Klaatu Terminus'' (2014) * ''Eden West'' (2015)

Adult 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)

Middle-grade novels

*The Bloodwater Mysteries (co-authored with Mary Logue) **''Snatched'' (2006) **''Skullduggery'' (2007) **''Doppelganger'' (2008) *The Flinkwater Chronicles **''The Flinkwater Factor'' (2015) **''The Forgetting Machine'' (2016) *''Slider'' (2017) *''Otherwood'' (2018)

References

External links

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Interview with Pete Hautman
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Interview with Pete Hautman
Mystery Book Reviewer Bruce Southworth interviews the author of DRAWING DEAD, ''NORTHERN LIGHTS Minnesota Author Interview'' TV Series #293 (1994) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hautman, Pete 1952 births Living people University of Minnesota alumni American children's writers American young adult novelists National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners American male novelists