Matthew tobin anderson biography
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Matthew tobin anderson biography
M. T. Anderson
American author (born 1968)
Matthew Tobin Anderson (born November 4, 1968) is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels.[1] He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston.[2] Anderson is known for using wit and sarcasm in his stories,[1] as well as advocating that young adults are capable of mature comprehension.[3]
Biography
Anderson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and grew up in Stow, Massachusetts.[4] His father Will Anderson was an engineer, and his mother Juliana Anderson was an Episcopal priest.[1] He attended St.
Mark's School, Harvard College, the University of Cambridge (England), and Syracuse University. Anderson worked at Candlewick Press before his first novel Thirsty (1997) was accepted for