Biography
Adler was born in New York to a Jewish family. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. He worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was first published in 1980 and is still in print along with more than 50 other Cam Jansen Mysteries. Worldwide, more than 30,000,000 books have been printed and sold.
Adler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career.
Adler's son, Michael S. Adler, is now the co-author of several books with his father, including A Picture Book of Sam Adams, A Picture Book of John Hancock, and A Picture Book of James and Dolly Madison. Another son, Edward, was the inspiration for Adler's Andy Russell series, with the events described in the series loosely based on adventures the Adler family had with Edward's enthusiasm and his pets.
Adler has won many awards including the Theodor Seuss Geisel award for the 2015 book Don't Throw It To Mo! (together with illustrator Sam Ricks) [1] , the Knickerbocker Award for his body of work, the 2017 Regina Medal for his body of work from the Catholic Library Association, the California Young Readers' Medal for his book "The Babe and I," The 2006 Storytelling World Award for "Joe Louis: America's Fighter," the 2006 Children's Gallery Award for "Mama Played Baseball," The Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor for "Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man," and The Sydney Taylor ALJ Award for "The Number on My Grandfather's Arm." Regina Award in 2017 and the Orthodox Jewish All-Star Award also in 2017.
As of September 2016, Adler has three sons and five grandsons. He lives in Woodmere, New York. [2] [3]
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