Eric Kimmel

{{short description|American writer}}

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| notable_works = Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

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Eric A. Kimmel (born 1946) is an American author[http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/22169/passover-companion-book-a-treasure-for-the-seder-bound "Passover companion book a treasure for the seder-bound"], jweekly.com; accessed December 12, 2014. of more than 150 children's books.{{Cite web |title=Eric A. Kimmel |url=https://www.ericakimmel.com/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Eric A. Kimmel |language=en-US}} His works include Caldecott Honor Book{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/10/books/children-s-book-medals-awarded.html?pagewanted=1|title=Children's Book Medals Awarded|date=January 10, 1990|work=The New York Times|page=17|accessdate=November 6, 2010}} Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman),{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/64643-a-haunting-anniversary-hershel-and-the-hanukkah-goblins-turns-25.html|title=A Haunting Anniversary: 'Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins' Turns 25|author=Shannon Maughan|date=November 6, 2014|website=|publisher=Publishers Weekly|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315130033/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/64643-a-haunting-anniversary-hershel-and-the-hanukkah-goblins-turns-25.html|archive-date=March 15, 2016|access-date=February 26, 2016}} Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster, and Simon and the Bear: A Hanukkah Tale.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/books/review/eric-a-kimmels-simon-and-the-bear-and-more.html|title=Eric A. Kimmel's 'Simon and the Bear,' and More|last=Ingall|first=Marjorie|date=2014-12-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Lafayette College in 1967, a master's degree from New York University, and a PhD in Education from the University of Illinois in 1973. He taught at Indiana University at South Bend, and at Portland State University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Education.

Kimmel lives with his wife, Doris, in Portland, Oregon.[http://ericakimmel.com Eric Kimmel profile], ericakimmel.com; accessed December 12, 2014.