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Michelle Knudsen

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I'm the New York Times best-selling author of more than 50 books for young readers for all ages, including the award-winning picture book Library Lion, which was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Children's Books of All Time. My other books include the picture book Marilyn's Monster (NPR's Best Books of 2015) and the novels The Dragon of Trelian (VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers) and Evil Librarian (YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults; Sid Fleischman Humor Award Winner). My newest book is LUIGI, THE SPIDER WHO WANTED TO BE A KITTEN (a new picture book with the wonderful Kevin Hawkes, published 3/5/2024). Next up will be INTO THE WILD MAGIC, a new middle grade fantasy novel coming August 2025.

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	Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 11,432 ratings — published 2006 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evil Librarian 3.59 avg rating — 3,303 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragon of Trelian (Trelian, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 2,016 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marilyn's Monster by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Matt Phelan (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 998 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 727 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Scott Magoon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princess of Trelian (Trelian, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Argus by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Andréa Wesson (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge of the Evil Librarian 3.82 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mage of Trelian (Trelian, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Picture Book and Launch Party!

Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen

I'm counting down the days to the release of my new picture book, LUIGI, THE SPIDER WHO WANTED TO BE A KITTEN! It's illustrated by Library Lion illustrator Kevin Hawkes, and was just named the #1 Pick of the American Booksellers Association's March/April 2024 Kids' Indie Next List.

If you're in the NYC area, I hope you will come to the launch party on March 5! It will be at the new independent Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Michelle Knudsen

Evil Librarian (3 books)
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Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author)

3.63 avg rating — 3,933 ratings

Trelian (3 books)
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Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author)

4.09 avg rating — 3,114 ratings

Science Solves It! (30 books)
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Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author)

3.84 avg rating — 409 ratings

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Hemlock & Silver

by T. Kingfisher

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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)

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Servant Mage

by Kate Elliott (Goodreads Author)

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“Maybe… they are stocking high schools across the country with hot young librarians as part of a massive literacy initiative.”
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“Meg, I’m not suddenly some kind of all-knowing dragon expert, you know.”
― Michelle Knudsen, The Dragon of Trelian

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“Musical theater can save you, even if only for two or three hours at a time.”
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