His description of the bond between him and his fifteen dogs is wonderful. Random house children's books announced that paulsen died suddenly wednesday but did not immediately provide further details. Pin On Bibliophile He hopes to complete it again someday. Gary paulsen books iditarod . He owes it all to librarians and dogs : And now, the prolific writer has another title out and one due in september. This book is an account of training the dogs in minnesota and then running the iditarod, a 1,180 mile race in alaska. Author gary paulsen with his favorite alaskan husky, flax, at his willow, alaska, home on feb. Gary has ran the alaskan dog race, the iditarod, twice. Gary paulsen, 69, was born in minnesota and grew up living all over the world because his father was in the army. His books winterdance and woodsong are written about his experiences in the iditarod dog sled race. Gary paulsen has written many. The iditarod has been called the last great race on ea