Christopher Paul Curtis

Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan, in 1953. After high school, he spent thirteen years working on the assembly line at the Fisher Body Flint Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan. He subsequently began writing. His debut novel, *The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963* (referred to as *The Watsons* in the source), was recognized as a Newbery Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and became a bestseller.