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Michelle Knudsen

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I'm the New York Times best-selling author of 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 (one of 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 and winner of the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor). Upcoming books include a new picture book with the wonderful Kevin Hawkes (2024) and a new middle grade fantasy novel (2025).

I also work as a freelance editor and private writing coach and teach in Lesley University's MFA program in ...more

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	Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 10,570 ratings — published 2006 — 51 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 — 3,149 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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) 4.03 avg rating — 1,966 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 — 960 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
	Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author), Scott Magoon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Princess of Trelian (Trelian, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 681 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 — 453 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Revenge of the Evil Librarian 3.78 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 2017 — 2 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) 4.28 avg rating — 356 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
	Curse of the Evil Librarian 3.92 avg rating — 143 ratings — 3 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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Series by Michelle Knudsen

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

3.62 avg rating — 3,705 ratings

Trelian (3 books)
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Michelle Knudsen (Goodreads Author)

4.08 avg rating — 3,003 ratings

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

3.80 avg rating — 376 ratings

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Holly

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

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Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing

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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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