Paul Zindel was born on May 15, 1936 in Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Runaway Train (1985), Up the Sandbox (1972) and Mame (1974). He was married to Bonnie Hildebrand. He died on March 27, 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
Our home was a house of fear. Mother never trusted anybody, and ours wasn't the kind of house someone could get into by knocking on the front door. A knock at the door would send mother, sister and me running to a window to peek out.