Who Is Louis The Yard Teacher

Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar A.K.A Louis The Yard Teacher is a very well known and award winning author who was born on March 20, 1954 in East Meadow, New York. Louis was born to his parents Ruth and Robert Sachar. Today Louis is happily married to his wife Carla and has a daughter named Sherre. He is 60 years old and currently lives in Austin, Texas.

As a kid, Louis the Yard Teacher loved playing sports like baseball and tennis. He also enjoyed card games, but his favorite was bridge, which was very popular in the 1960’s. Louis also enjoyed school and was a very good student because, of this many kids bullied him for being a “nerd”. As a kid, he was very poor, his dad worked in the Empire State Building and his mom didn’t work and
He has also won many awards for his books like The National Book Award, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List, Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and many more. In 1989 Louis became a full time author by writing his book “Sideway Stories From Wayside School” which is a very popular book. Louis the Yard Teacher has written over 20 fiction and educational books. One of his most famous books is “Holes”. Holes is very popular not only here in America but all around the world. The book Holes has sold over 8 million copies just here in America. It took Louis about a year and a half to complete the book Holes. The characters for the book Holes were based off some of his best friends in highschool and in the movie that was produced later on he was the screenwriter. Louis never tells anyone when he starts to write a book, he only tells them when he finishes. Louis started to love writing in highschool when he wrote his first children’s book. He presented it to some kindergarteners at his local school and they really enjoyed it so he continued to write them. The first thing Louis does is write every morning with his dogs who are named Lucky and Tippy. He writes for about two hours then goes on with his everyday life. The reason Louis, the Yard Teacher, only writes for two hours a day is because that is the longest or largest amount of time he can do one task without getting unfocused, anxious, or just bored with himself. After his two hour writing session Louis pretty much lives a normal life. He takes his dog’s for a walk and is active at a local