M. T. Anderson is the author of several books for teens, including Feed (a National Book Award Finalist and the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award) and the two Octavian Nothing books (the first of which won the National Book Award and the Boston Globe / Horn Book Fiction Award, and both of which were Printz Honor Books). He has also written picture books and novels for younger readers, including the Pals in Peril series. Mr. Anderson was chosen as a judge for this contest because of his excellence in spelling and the alphabet. He is in the Bluebird reading group with Mrs. Frazetti. He has already colored two of the four books he may be judging. (This just in! M. T. Anderson’s website will go live sometime on March 25th!) |