Andrew Clements (born 1949) is an American author of books for children. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Clements grew up in New Jersey and Illinois, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He worked as a teacher for seven years after college. In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. He started his literary career by writing the text for picture books, and went on to write children's novels. A picture book is a popular form of illustrated Literature &mdashmore precisely a Book with comparatively few words and at least one Picture on each of A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story His first novel was Frindle, which still remains one of his best-known works. Frindle is a 1996 children's Novel written by the American Author, Andrew Clements and illustrated by Brian Selznick Most of his novels' covers depict a person, usually a child, holding something up to the reader. Clements currently lives in Westborough, Massachusetts, with his wife Rebecca and their four children. For geographic and demographic information on the Census-designated place Westborough please see the article Westborough (CDP, Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
Books Written by Clements