Carl Deuker's Official Website

Residence: Seattle (Ballard neighborhood)
Birthplace: San Francisco @ St. Francis Hospital
Grade School: St. Pius, Redwood City CA
High School: St. Francis, Mountain View CA
College: University of California A.B. English
University of Washington MA English
UCLA Teaching Credential
email: carl1989@hotmail.com
Favorite food: Phad Thai
Favorite desert: Chocolate ice cream
Favorite movie: Some Like It Hot (this changes weekly)
Favorite book: Moby Dick
Favorite poet: Emily Dickinson
Favorite sport: Golf
Favorite teams: Mariners, Sonics, Seahawks, Cal Golden Bears, UW Huskies
Least Favorite Team: Dodgers!!!!

Married to Anne Mitchell, with one daughter, Marian, who was born on January 23, 1989
Sister Elizabeth
Niece: Leila
Nephew: Noah
Pets: Oreo, a hooded rat, and Luna, an albinorat.
Employment: Northshore School District--Teacher at Shelton View School

Carl Deuker was raised in Redwood City, California, the son of Jack Deuker and Marie Milligan Deuker. As a young boy, he spend many hours in the creek behind his house and in the wooded area west of his house. Mainly he kicked around with his friend Paul Garibaldi, looking for frogs and lizards and the occasional snake.

Once he started school, Carl continued to wander about in the woods above his house, but as he grew older, he participated in several sports. He was good enough to make most teams, but not good enough to play much. He describes himself as a classic second-stringer. "I was too slow and too short for basketball; I was too small for football, a little too chicken to hang in there against the best fastballs. So, by my senior year the only sport I was still playing was golf."

Carl attended the University of California, Berkeley during the heady days of student protest over Vietnam. He participated in many of those protests, but looking back is not so sure how he feels about those days. "Yes, we students were right about Vietnam. It was a waste. But I'm not sure we understood much of what was happening. I thought I knew everything back then, and I cringe to think how little I actually knew."

Carl was an English major at Berkeley, spending many hours reading the classics and writing (bad) poetry and stories. He participated in intramural sports in those years as well, and was somewhat surprised to find out that he was in fact a decent athlete. Being free from coaches and fans allowed him to enjoy the games more. During his time at Berkeley, he especially enjoyed volleyball.

As an adult, Carl has worked primarily as a teacher, though he also has had some time in the newspaper business. He played basketball and taught some volleyball for many years, but one-too-many sprained ankles forced him to give up both games. Carl still loves playing golf early on Sunday mornings at Jefferson Park, a classic old public golf course located on Beacon Hill in Seattle. Jefferson is the course on which Fred Couples learned to play. (Yes, Fred Couples learned the game on a public golf course.) Carl's handicap at present is 11.1. Most mornings before work he runs Green Lake and then stops by the YMCA in Shoreline to do some weight-lifting and spend some time on the elliptical machine. In winter, he spends more time at the Y and less time at Green Lake.

Married and the father of Marian (who is now in college), Carl currently teaches in the Northshore School District outside of Seattle. He is the author of ON THE DEVIL'S COURT, HEART OF A CHAMPION, NIGHT HOOPS, PAINTING THE BLACK, HIGH HEAT, RUNNER, and GYM CANDY. ON THE DEVIL'S COURT was YA book of the year in South Carolina; HEART was named book of the year in Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee; NIGHT HOOPS won in Nebraska; and HIGH HEAT also won the Golden Sower award in Nebraska.

Since Carl grew up in the Bay area, he is a long time Giants fan. His all-time favorite players are Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and especially Juan Marichal.


Carl's next project is a mystery-thriller-sports book along the lines of Runner. In this one, a mysterious student-athlete (Angel Marichal) shows up Lincoln High, seemingly without a past. Mitch True and Kimi Yon, two students who work on the school newspaper, decide to find out just who this student is and what he's done.

Carl Deuker welcomes fan letters and will always write back. He much prefers e-mail because he replies more quickly. carl1989@hotmail.com
He will eventually get to regular mail, but that always takes him longer.
(There is a link to this email on the home page of this website.)