Matthew Tobin Anderson

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Matthew Tobin Anderson (born November 4, 1968 in Stow , Massachusetts ) is an American author of picture books for children and novels for young adults.

Life

Anderson went to Harvard University , University of Cambridge and Syracuse University . Before his novel Thirsty was published, he worked at Candlewick Press . Anderson was a teacher at Vermont College in Montpelier , Vermont and a music reviewer for The Improper Bostonian .

Among his children's books are u. a. 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 also wrote novels for young people, e.g. B. Thirsty , Burger Wuss , Feed , The Game of Sunken Places and Octavian Nothing . For readers from the intermediate level there have been works such as B. Whales on Stilts: MT Anderson's Thrilling Tales and the follow-up novel The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen .

Anderson is a member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance , a national non-profit organization for education, literature and libraries.

Anderson lives in Cambridge , Massachusetts .

Awards

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party

  • 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Awarded (for literary excellence in literature for young adults) The award was presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association .
  • has the 2006 National Book Award for Young People won

Feed

Trade Who Knew What He Liked

  • was a 2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award book of honor.

Works

Novels

  • Thirsty (1997)
  • Burger Wuss
  • Feed
  • The Game of Sunken Places
  • Whales on Stilts
  • The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
  • The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party

Anderson's fictional short stories have appeared in various collections:

  • "The Mud and Fever Dialogues," Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday , edited by Megan McCafferty. (Three Rivers Press, 2004).
  • "Watch and Wake", Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales , edited by Deborah Noyes. (Candlewick, 2004).
  • "My Maturity, In Flames", Guys Write for Guys Read , edited by Jon Scieszka . (Viking, 2005).
  • "Barcarole for Paper and Bones", Shelf Life: Stories by the Book , edited by Gary Paulsen . (Simon & Schuster, 2003).
  • "A Brief Guide to the Ghosts of Great Britain" (memoir), Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places , edited by Jill Davis. (Viking, 2003). Reprinted in the September / October 2005 issue of the young adult literature magazine Cicada.

Web links

Interviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.thencbla.org
  2. ^ The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
  3. ↑ 2006 National Book Award Winner: Young People's Literature
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Matthew Tobin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author of picture books for children and novels for young adults
DATE OF BIRTH 4th November 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Stow , Massachusetts