Michelle Knudsen

Michelle Knudsen at the 2014 Texas Book Festival.

Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times bestselling American children's author.^[1] She has written more than 40 books for children, including the multiple award-winning Library Lion and Big Mean Mike.

Knudsen graduated from Cornell University and received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The Vermont College of Fine Arts.^[2][3]

Awards

Library Lion has won the following awards:

• Arkansas Diamond Book Award Honor
• The Sakura Medal; Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
• NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Bookseller Award)- Best Picture Book of the Year
• Time of Wonder Award from the Maine Discovery Museum
• Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book
• Publisher Weekly Cuffle Award
• School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
• Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year
• Child Magazine's Best Children's Book Award
• Book Sense Children's Picks List Selection
• Junior Library Guild Selection.^[4]
• Irma Black Award Winner^[5]
• Best Children's Book of the Year
• Children's Choice Book Awards - Finalist
• Amazon.com Best Books of the Year

Bibliography

Novels

• The Dragon of Trelian
• The Princess of Trelian
• The Evil Librarian

Trade picture books

• Library Lion (with illustrator Kevin Hawkes)
• Argus
• Big Mean Mike (illustrated by Scott Magoon)

Short stories

• The Bridge to Highlandsville (in the MG anthology I Fooled You)

Beginning readers

• Raymond Briggs' The Snowman
• Dinosaur Days: Road to Writing
• Colorful Chameleons!
• Cat Hat
• Hit or Myth: Road to Writing
• The Case of Vampire Vivian
• A Slimy Story
• Fish and Frog
• Carl the Complainer
• A Moldy Mystery
• Bugged!

References

1. "New York Times Children's Best Seller List". June 2007.
2. "Author Biography, Gotham Writers".
3. "Interview with Author Bethany Hegedus". March 2011.
4. "Candlewick Press".
5. "Bankstreet College of Education".