Robert Cormier (born 1925) (Author of “ The Moustache ” ) Irena Tseitlin

Robert Cormier Robert Cormier was born and has always lived in Leominster, Massachusets. He grew up there, went to school there, courted and married there, and raised four children in the house where he and his wife, Connie, still live. " I never intend to live anywhere else," he says. " There are lots of untold stories right here on Main Street."

Robert Cormier Cormier, who was a newspaper reporter and columnist for 30 years is inspired by news events and, in some cases, by circumstances in his own life for the basis of his plots. And, he has an outstanding ability to create stories which capture human interest. Robert Cormier began writing, he says," in the seventh grade... I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper." And it has been said of him that he was in love with his typewriter. He has won many prizes for his journalism and his novels for young adults. Cormier loves to travel and has visited almost every state in the U.S. A trip to Australia where he dipped his hand in the Indian Ocean thrilled him beyond measure. He also loves jazz, movies, and staying up late ( to hear jazz and watch movies) and his true heroes are writers like Graham Greene, Thomas Wolfe, and J.D. Salinger. Cormier's books have been translated into many languages and consistently appear on the Best Books for Young Adults lists of the American Libary Association, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. This information was excerpted from material provided by the publicity division of Delacorte Press.

The Moustache