Michelle Knudsen

Michelle Knudsen author photo, May 2015 (photo credit Alvaro Keding)
Michelle Knudsen author photo, May 2015 (photo credit Alvaro Keding)

Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times best-selling American children's author.[1] She has written more than 45 books for children, including the multiple award-winning Library Lion, the Trelian middle grade fantasy trilogy, and the young adult novel Evil Librarian.

Knudsen graduated from Cornell University and received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The Vermont College of Fine Arts.[2][3] She currently teaches in Lesley University's MFA program in creative writing.

Biography

Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times best-selling author of 45 books for young readers, including board books, picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. Her best-known book to date is the award-winning picture book Library Lion, which has been translated into fourteen languages, is currently being performed as a musical stage production in Israel and South Africa, and was selected by Time Magazine as one of the Best 100 Children's Books of All Time. She is also the author of the Trelian trilogy of fantasy novels (The Dragon of Trelian, The Princess of Trelian, and The Mage of Trelian) and the young adult novel Evil Librarian, which was awarded the 2015 Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. Her most recent picture book is Marilyn's Monster (Candlewick, March 2015), illustrated by Matt Phelan. Next up is the YA sequel REVENGE OF THE EVIL LIBRARIAN, coming on Valentine's Day 2017. Michelle also works as a freelance editor and writing teacher, and is a member of the Writing for Young People MFA faculty at Lesley University. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.[4]

Bibliography

Young adult novels

Middle grade novels

Trade picture books

Short stories

Beginning readers

Board books & novelty

Mass market picture books

Coloring & activity books

Awards

Library Lion

Big Mean Mike

Marilyn's Monster

Evil Librarian

The Dragon of Trelian

References

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  33. "GMBA Master List 2015-2016" (PDF). Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  34. "Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award | Department of Libraries". libraries.vermont.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
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