Michelle Knudsen

Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times best-selling author of more than 50 books for young readers and a writer of speculative short fiction for adults. Her titles include the award-winning picture book LIBRARY LION (Time magazine’s 100 Best Children's Books of All Time) and the novels THE DRAGON OF TRELIAN (Kids’ Indie Next List; VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers) and EVIL LIBRARIAN (YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults; Sid Fleischman Humor Award). Her most recent books are the middle grade fantasy novel INTO THE WILD MAGIC (Andre Norton Nebula Award) and two YA novelizations of LambCat's hit Cursed Princess Club webcomic: CURSED PRINCESS CLUB: A MOST UNUSUAL PRINCESS and CURSED PRINCESS CLUB: MIRROR, MIRROR. A lifelong musical theater lover, Michelle is thrilled that two of her books (Library Lion and Evil Librarian) have now been made into musicals! Visit her website for more information. Michelle lives in Brooklyn, New York, with three humans, two cats, and one snake.