Louis Sachar’s gift for pattern and recurrence has defined his best-known works, including the Wayside School series and “Holes.” Photograph by Basso Cannarsa / Agence Opale / Alamy ...

Sachar turned that school — Hillside — into Wayside, and the students into Sharie, Todd, Kathy and the other lovable oddballs in their class. (He also inserted his alter ego, Louis the Yard ...

A “Holes” TV series has been ordered to pilot at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively. The potential show would be based on the book of the same name by Louis Sachar, which was previously ...

“Holes” Author Louis Sachar Debuts His First Adult Novel: 'More Excited About the Publication of This Book' (Exclusive) Carly Tagen-Dye. Thu, November 7, 2024 at 1:30 PM UTC.

Louis Sachar got a lot of calls from Hollywood after his book “Holes,” which turns 20 years old this June, won the Newbery Book Award and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

Louis Sachar: I remember thinking I'd like Susan Sarandon to be the Warden, but I really didn't know. Andrew Davis would sometimes ask me about possible actors, but that wasn't my world.

Louis Sachar. Family: Wife, Carla, who was the inspiration for his book "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom." Daughter, Sherre, now in college. Pets: Mixed-breed dog, Watson.

If you're in your 20s and you read as a kid, there's a good chance you're familiar with "Holes" author Louis Sachar. There's also a good chance that you're not so familiar with bridge. In Sachar's ...

Louis Sachar got a lot of calls from Hollywood after his book “Holes,” which turns 20 years old this June, won the Newbery Book Award and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

If you grew up loving books like Holes and Sideways Stories from Wayside School, get ready — beloved children’s author Louis Sachar is publishing his first novel for adults.