Robert Cormier: Facts and Criticism

Robert Cormier: Facts & Criticism
Robert Edmund Cormier, also known by his pseudonym... John Fitch IV, was born on January 17, 1925, in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was the second of eight children. He attended Fitchburg State College and for 30 years he worked as a journalist for the local newspaper. It wasn't until 1960, when he was in his late 40's, that he published his first novel, "Now and at the Hour," which was inspired by his own fathers death. Ever since then Cormier has been publishing great novels such as "I am the Cheese," "We all fall Down," and "The Chocolate War." Cor…