National Book Award Winner | Newbery Honor Winner | Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner

M.T. Anderson

M.T. Anderson

Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for all ages.

Critics have called M. T. Anderson's work: 

"Smart and fierce." — New Yorker
"Chillingly satirical." — NPR Morning Edition
"Sweeping and epic." — New York Times
"Imaginative and important." — Wall Street Journal
"A rare achievement." — Toronto Globe & Mail 
"Hilarious." — People Magazine
"Prescient." — Entertainment Weekly 
"Singular." — San Francisco Chronicle

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Nicked is out — a swashbuckling saga, a holy heist, a medieval novel noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic rom-com, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.

Miracles, marvels, saints, sinners, love, plague, and treachery! M. T. Anderson has laid out a medieval feast of a novel, stuffed with everything I could have wished for. If I could canonize him for it, I would. But I’ll settle for shouting about how much I love this book.”—Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love

Elf Dog & Owl Head Wins a Newbery Honor!

From the singular imagination of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson and graced with evocative black-and-white illustrations by Junyi Wu, this magical adventure tells the story of a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a forest of wonders hidden in plain sight. Winner of a 2023 Newbery Honor!

Read an essay about the origin of this book here.