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In, Flint, Michigan on, May 10, 1953.

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The Jungle was the worst place he worked. 

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The Jungle was the worst place he worked. 

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He won the Newbery award and the Coretta Scott King award on the book Bud, not Buddy. On the book The Watsons Go To Birmingham it was a Newbery honor book and got the Correta Scott King award and on the book Elijah of Buxton that book was a Newbery honor book which also had the Coretta Scott King award.

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It was hard for him because the scent of oil, grease and lingering smoke from the welding guns only added to the metallic ambience. That was when they were making the automobiles. 

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It was hard for him because the scent of oil, grease and lingering smoke from the welding guns only added to the metallic ambience. That was when they were making the automobiles. 

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Collecting music, reading, and playing basketball in his free time.

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The pay and benefits couldn’t be beat at his work.

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The pay and benefits couldn’t be beat at his work.

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Bud, Not Buddy, began the colorful sojourn which led him to become one of America’s leading authors of children’s literature.

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Bud, Not Buddy, began the colorful sojourn which led him to become one of America’s leading authors of children’s literature.

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Christopher and his coworker decided that instead of working every other car, they would work every 30 minutes.

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His wife's names is Kaysandra or Habon Curtis. His children's names are Steven, Cydney, Ayaan and Ebyaan.

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He is currently 66 years old.

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During his childhood Curtis did not like to read books or write, but when he graduated high school and started writing during breaks from his Flint factory job, he found joy in writing. Soon he was practicing his writing every day.

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He was writing during his break at work.

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He was writing during his break at work.

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He wrote his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, in longhand in the children's room of the Windsor Public Library. His son Steven typed his father's drafts into their computer and served as first reader. 

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He wrote his first book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, in longhand in the children's room of the Windsor Public Library. His son Steven typed his father's drafts into their computer and served as first reader. 

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University of Michigan-Flint.

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Bud, Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Elijah of Buxton, The Journey of Little Charlie,The The Madman of Piney Woods, are just some of his best selling books.

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Bud, Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Elijah of Buxton, The Journey of Little Charlie,The The Madman of Piney Woods, are just some of his best selling books.