Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman writes humorous books for young readers, often building stories around school, sports, history, and unlikely challenges. The Kid Who Ran for President introduces twelve-year-old Judson Moon, whose joke campaign becomes a serious third-party bid for the White House with classmate Lane Brainard managing the effort. Gutman's official book page identifies Scholastic as the publisher and follows the story with The Kid Who Became President. Simon & Schuster's author record places the title within a career that also includes the My Weird School, Baseball Card Adventures, and Genius Files series. His brisk plots use exaggerated situations to make civic ideas and historical questions accessible to middle-grade readers.