"Louis Sachar" is an American writer of children's literature/children's books. He is best known for the series Sideways Stories From Wayside School and for the novels Pig City, in the UK, and Holes (novel)/Holes, which he has followed with two sequels.

Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature

[http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1998.html "National Book Awards – 1998"]. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-26. (With acceptance speech by Sachar.)

and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children".

[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present"]. Association for Library Service to Children. (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA). [http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery "The John Newbery Medal"]. ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

More Louis Sachar on Wikipedia.

[Silverstein] inspires me to do funny things as well, ... can write things for kids that are genuinely funny.

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It's increased sales of my book probably at least three-fold, maybe more.

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(My wife and I) were both still in bed, ... They called at seven o'clock, and we were very excited. I have a daughter -- she's 12. I woke her up and told her the news. She said, 'Can I tell people?' I said, 'Sure.'

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The greatest award is doing something you're proud of.

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I've always enjoyed his work.

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