M. T. Anderson has written a wide variety of titles, including works of fantasy and satire for a range of ages. Anderson grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated in English literature at Harvard University and Cambridge University, and went on to receive his MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University.

M. T. Anderson is the author of a number of celebrated books, including the Thrilling Tales series, as well as THE POX PARTY: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1, which won the National Book Award and a Printz Honor, and THE KINGDOM ON THE WAVES: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, which also won a Printz Honor. FEED was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the LA Times Book Award for YA fiction in 2003 and was a finalist for the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award.

M. T. Anderson currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Books by M. T. Anderson

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Volume One: The Pox Party

by M. T. Anderson

Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, as American Patriots riot and battle for liberty, this deeply provocative novel places an African slave at the center of the war for independence. The first of two parts, M. T. Anderson’s breathtaking narrative views the past through a startlingly fresh lens that has powerful resonance for readers today.