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Michelle Knudsen is a Nebula Award–winning and 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 picture book Library Lion (Time magazine's 100 Best Children's Books of All Time) 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). Her most recent books are the middle grade novel Into the Wild Magic (2025 Andre Norton Nebula Award) and the YA webcomic novelization 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 be ...more

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	Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 11,736 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Evil Librarian 3.59 avg rating — 3,355 ratings — published 2014 — 17 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 — 2,023 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 — 1,018 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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) 4.40 avg rating — 804 ratings — published 2024 — 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 — 724 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
	Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Scott Magoon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Argus by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Andréa Wesson (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 470 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 — 464 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Mage of Trelian (Trelian, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 394 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 — 4,004 ratings

Trelian (3 books)
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Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author)

4.09 avg rating — 3,141 ratings

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

3.82 avg rating — 425 ratings

Cursed Princess Club (Novel) (2 books)
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Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author)

4.22 avg rating — 49 ratings

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“Maybe… they are stocking high schools across the country with hot young librarians as part of a massive literacy initiative.”
― Michelle Knudsen, Evil Librarian

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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.”
― Michelle Knudsen, Evil Librarian

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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
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