![]() ![]() ![]() “My earliest ambition was to become a writer or a detective or a lion tamer,” she said. As an admittedly quiet child, Sharmat recalled in early interviews including one for Cricket in 1975 that she fell in love with reading and the imaginary worlds of fiction very early in childhood. to Anna (Richardson) and Nathan Weinman, who sold and manufactured dry goods and men’s furnishings and who served as the inspiration for Nate the Great. Sharmat was born on Novemin Portland, Me. Prolific author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, creator of more than 130 books for children and young adults, and known for her beloved series about pancake-loving boy detective Nate the Great, died on March 12 in Munster, Ind. ![]()
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