Matthew Tobin Anderson

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Matthew Tobin Anderson (M. T. Anderson), (1968- ) is an author, primarily of picture books for children and novels for young adults. Anderson lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Anderson attended Harvard, University of Cambridge, and Syracuse. He worked at | Candlewick Press before Thirsty was accepted for publication. Anderson is a former instructor at Vermont College in Montpelier, Vermont and former music critic at The Improper Bostonian.

His picture books include Handel Who Knew What He Liked, Strange Mr. Satie, The Serpent Came to Gloucester, and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. He has written such young adult books as Thirsty, Burger Wuss, Feed, The Game of Sunken Places. For middle grader readers, his novels include Whales on Stilts : M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales and it's sequel, The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen.

Major Awards: | The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation) was the 2006 | National Book Award for Young People winner.

Feed was a 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner, a 2003 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book, and a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award.

Handel Who Knew What He Liked was a 2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book.

Anderson's short fiction has appeared in several collections: "The Mud and Fever Dialogues," edited by Megan McCafferty. Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday. (Three Rivers Press, 2004).

"Watch and Wake," edited by Deborah Noyes. Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales. (Candlewick, 2004).

"My Maturity, In Flames," edited by Jon Scieszka. Guys Write for Guys Read. (Viking, 2005).

"Barcarole for Paper and Bones," edited by Gary Paulsen. Shelf Life: Stories by the Book. (Simon & Schuster, 2003).

"A Brief Guide to the Ghosts of Great Britain" (memoir), edited by Jill Davis. Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places. (Viking, 2003).

[edit] External links

• Amazon.com listing of books by M. T. Anderson

• Vermont College Website

• Candlewick Press. Bios: M.T. Anderson.

• Audio Excerpt of Whales on Stilts, read by the author

• Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts. NPR. May 30, 2005. (Excerpt read by the author.)

• uncredited photo of M.T. Anderson

Interviews

• Kirkus Reviews. "Exclusive Interview with NBA Winner M.T. Anderson." The Book Standard. November 16, 2006. | [http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003408913

• Litericat. "Our Interview with M.T. Anderson. Not Your Mother's Book Club. October 6, 2006. | http://community.livejournal.com/notyourmothers/34738.html

• "Children's Bookshelf Chats with M.T. Anderson." Publisher's Weekly. October 5, 2006. | http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6378208.html?nid=2788

• Leitich Smith, Cynthia. "Author Interview: MT Anderson on Whales on Stilts. Cynsations. September 12, 2005. | http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2005/09/author-interview-mt-anderson-on-whales.html

• Gallaway, Beth. "A Virtual Visit with M.T. Anderson." July 28, 2005.| http://www.mmrls.org/materials/andersonchat.htm

• Blubaugh, Penny. "Author! Author! Dropped Things Fall Differently: An Interview with M.T. Anderson." YAttitudes: YALSA's Electronic Newsletter. Vol 4 No 4, Summer 2005. Restricted to YALSA members only.

• Hennemin, Heidi. "Life-and-Death Competition in an Enchanted World. BookPage. July 2004. | http://www.bookpage.com/0407bp/mt_anderson.html

• Shoemaker, Joel. Hungry for M.T. Anderson. VOYA, June 2004.

NPR. "Novel Ideas" feature. "M.T.Anderson: Eats Broccoli, Paces, and Hums." November 25, 2006. [1]