"I'm too lazy to retire," says Sid Fleischman, author of more than sixty books for children, adults, and magicians. His tales have been translated into nineteen languages. Among his many awards is the Newbery Medal for his novel The Whipping Boy.
The author described his wasted youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid. His most recent books are The Entertainer and the Dybbuk, a novel, and two biographies, The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West and Escape! The Story of The Great Houdini.
Sid Fleischman lives in Santa Monica, California.