M.T. Anderson

M. T. Anderson is the author of a number of celebrated books including the Thrilling Tales series, as well as The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1, The Pox Party, which won the National Book Award and a Printz Honor, and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, which also won a Printz Honor. Feed was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the L.A. Times Book Award for YA fiction in 2003. His latest book Elf Dog and Owl Head, was a Newbery Honor book in 2024. His new book, Nicked, is his debut adult novel. Anderson has a BA from Cambridge University in England and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. He is a lifelong New Englander and lives in a small, haunted 18th century house in the hills of Vermont.