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Who is Jerry Spinelli?
A: Jerry Spinelli has one brother named Bill. or A: Jerry Spinelli has six children.
 * Q: How many brothers and sisters does Jerry Spinelli have?**
 * Q: How many children does Jerry Spinelli have?**

A: Jerry Spinelli gets the ideas for his books from his childhood, his children, memories and his imaginaiton.
 * Q: Where does Jerry Spinelli get the ideas for his books?**

A: Jerry Spinelli's favorite book that he's written is __Space Station Seventh Grade__.
 * Q: What is Jerry Spinelli's favorite book that he's written?**

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 * Q: What advice does Jerry Spinelli have for young readers?**

A: Jerry Spinelli realized he wanted to be a writer when a poem he wrote about his hometown football team winning a big game.
 * Q: When did Jerry Spinelli first realize that he wanted to be a writer?**

A: Jerry Spinelli advises young writers to write about what you care about.
 * Q: What advice does Jerry Spinelli have for young writers?**

A: Jerry Spinelli was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
 * Q: Where was Jerry Spinelli born?**

A: Jerry Spinelli graduated from Gettysburg College in 1963 with an undergraduate degree and from Johns Hopkins University in 1964 with a master's degree. He also attended Temple University.
 * Q: Where did Jerry Spinelli go to college?**

A: Jerry Spinelli says his __Crash__ focuses on bullying issues.
 * Q:What does Jerry Spinelli say his book __Crash__ focuses on?**

A: As a child Jerry Spinelli wanted to be a cowboy and then a baseball player.
 * Q: What other careers did Jerry Spinelli think of pursuing?**

The answers to these questions came from: Biography Resource Center Jerry Spinelli's author page The Author Corner website The Scholastic Author website Kids InfoBits and __Jerry Spinelli__ by Tracey Baptiste