who wrote wonder

The book "Wonder" was written by R. J. Palacio. It is a contemporary children's novel first published on February 14, 2012, that tells the story of Auggie Pullman, a boy with significant facial differences who enters mainstream school for the first time. Palacio was inspired to write the book after an encounter involving her son and a girl with a facial deformity, as well as from the song "Wonder" by Natalie Merchant. The novel has become a bestseller, inspired a movement about kindness, and was adapted into a film released in 2017.