John Coy
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Richard Coy (born August 9, 1958) is an American children's and young adult author.
He writes picture books, young adult books, and the 4 for 4 middle-grade series.
He is best known for his books on basketball, Strong to the Hoop, Around the World, and Hoop Genius, Their Great Gift, and Crackback, the Coming-of-age book.
He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and visits universities around the world.
Early life
John Richard Coy, who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the oldest of four children. Both parents were educators: Coy's father taught college history and his mother taught high school English. He received his master of arts degree in children and creativity from St. Mary's University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after graduating from Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Before deciding on a career as a writer, Coy worked in a variety of industries, including dishwasher, tour guide, and mattress manufacturer.
Night Driving, his father's first picture book, was inspired by cross-country driving trips on which his father took his family of six when the author was young. John, the oldest, sat in front of his father in the wee hours of the night, learned more about his father than he did when the family was at home.
He was included in the National Basketball Association's Read to Achieve program as a participant in John's book Strong to the Hoop. Directo al Aro, which was pronounced in Spanish four years ago, was a big contributor to the Hoop. Since basketball is played in nations all around the world, the publisher requested that John write a book about basketball. Around the World was the author's first novel.
John has written books he would have enjoyed reading as a youth while traveling with boys, talking to them, and finding the reasons they do and do not read. The catalyst for a collegiate football team is set, and Box Out follows a freshman as he is called up to play varsity basketball. Gap Life, his third young adult book, is about Cray Franklin, a boy whose parents will pay for college but only if he studies what they want, which is not what he wants.
Four books about four people involved in sports are included in John's best-selling 4 for 4 series, allowing readers to make the change from elementary school to middle school. Middle grade readers will enjoy: This is the order, which is all about baseball; Eyes on the Goal, which tells an exciting soccer tale; Love of the Game, in which the four friends hope to make the football team; and Take Your Best Shot, a hoops story that concludes the series.
As a children's theater in the United States, the Hoop, Night Driving, and Vroomaloom Zoom were all present.
John has worked as a librettist with the Minnesota Orchestra, an editor with the Youth Computer Center of the Science Museum of Minnesota, and a tour guide for the Minnesota Historical Society. He has also worked with developmental disabilities adults and children.
Career
His first picture book, Night Driving, was inspired by cross-country driving trips on which his father took his family of six when the author was young. John, the oldest, usually sat in front with his father, talking during the wee hours of the night, learning more about his dad than he did when the family was at home.
John's book Strong to the Hoop involved him in the National Basketball Association's Read to Achieve program. Strong to the Hoop was translated into Spanish as Directo al Aro four years later. The publisher asked that John write a book about basketball as it is played in countries all over the world. That book became Around the World.
Working with boys during school visits, talking to them, hearing the reasons they do and do not read, John has written books he would have liked reading as a teen. Crackback is set within the realities of high school football and Box Out perceptively follows a sophomore as he is called up to play varsity basketball. His third young adult novel Gap Life is about Cray Franklin, a boy whose parents will pay for college, but only if he studies what they want, which is not what he wants.
John's popular 4 for 4 series offers readers four novels about four friends engaged in sports, making the transition from elementary school to middle school. Middle grade readers will enjoy: Top of the Order, which is all about baseball; Eyes on the Goal, which tells an exciting soccer story; Love of the Game,', in which the four friends hope to make the football team; Take Your Best Shot, a hoops story that concludes the series.
Strong to the Hoop, Night Driving, and Vroomaloom Zoom have been produced as children's theater throughout the United States.
John has worked as a librettist with the Minnesota Orchestra, an editor for the Youth Computer Center at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and a tour guide for the Minnesota Historical Society. He has also worked extensively with developmentally disabled adults and children.