Biography On Harry Mazer
The novelist, Harry Mazer, was the son of a Polish immigrant. His parents were Jewish. Harry grew up in Bronx, New York. The Mazer family lived in an apartment. There was just one bedroom in the house, which was used by Mazer and his brother. The living room that doubled up as a kitchen and dining room was also the bedroom of his parents. He spent his time either playing on the staircase of the apartment building or the streets. Mazer also spent a lot of time in the park, something that he ended up using quite a bit in his novels. Mazer was very fond of reading as a child. He had a wide range of taste, and read Charles Dickens, Robinson Crusoe and Tarzan of the Apes. |
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He got into Bronx High School of Science, but was more interested in history and English than science. During this time, Mazer was more worried about finding a job to help out his family. He knew that too many jobs were not available, especially for Jewish boy. In addition, the Second World War was going on, so Mazer enlisted in the US Army Air Force Cadet as the age of 17. However, he could only serve when he turned 18. He started out as an airplane mechanic and went on to train as a ball turret and waist gunner. In December 1944, Mazer finally got to see action when he became a crew member of a B-17 bomber and was sent on his first mission 2 months later. In April 1945, his plane was shot down, but Mazer and another crew member survived the crash over Czechoslovakia. And, in October 1945, Mazer was honorably discharged from the army. He went to study at a liberal arts college; and it is here that he began writing in earnest. After he graduated from college, he got some training as a welder and went on to work for an auto body shop.
While Mazer was working for a political campaign, he happened to meet the girl that he had met 2 years ago. At time, she was 15 years old and he was 21. This girl was Norma Fox, who would go on to become his wife. When Mazer got married, he and his wife lived in New York, but later relocated to Schenactady, then to Utica and finally to Syracuse. During this time, Mazer did every kind of work to avoid writing. He worked as a welder, a sheet metal worker and every worked as a track worker for a railroad company.
Around 10 years later, Mazer went on to become a teacher. It was then he discovered that even his wife wanted to become a writer. However, Mazer lost his teaching position and was forced to go back and work in a factory. The money that he got from the insurance, helped him to quit his factory shop and take on writing as a full time profession.
At this point, Mazer was in his 30s, but it did not deter him. He and his wife wrote everyday. To support their family, the couple wrote articles for true confessions magazines. He even tried his hand writing television scripts and articles for literary magazine. However, it was his agent who convinced him to turn to children's stories.
In 1971, Mazer published with his first story for children entitled Guy Lenny. He also introduced romance in his books. Today, Mazer and his wife are accomplished writers and have published several novels. Most of his books are for young adults, and include books like Snow Bound, The Island Keeper: A Tale of Courage and Survival, I Love You, Stupid, Who Is Eddie Leonard, and The Wild Kid.
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