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He had to work as an attorney to support his career as an author till his books started selling well. Know more about the life and works of Louis Sachar through these 10 interesting facts. Sachar and his wife Ruth Raybin Sachar.

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His father was a salesman while his mother was a real estate broker. Louis had a close relationship with his elder brother Andy Sachar. Louis looked up to Andy and later cited him as the greatest influence on his life. He even gave credit to his brother for his decision to become a writer. Sachar liked school and was a good student.

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It was in High School that he truly realized his love for reading. After graduating high school, Sachar attended Antioch College for a semester. However due to the sudden death of his father, he returned to California to live with his mother and enrolled in the University of California at Berkeley. At Berkeley, Louis developed an interest in Russian literature and took up a Russian language course.

After struggling with Russian for over a year, Louis dropped out of the class. Sachar graduated from Berkeley in with a degree in Economics. He moved to Norwalk, Connecticut where he worked in a sweater warehouse during the day and worked on his first book at night. During his first week of law school, his book Sideways Stories from Wayside School was accepted for publication.

Set at an elementary school with supernatural elements, Sideways Stories from Wayside School contained very short stories about various kids.