M. T. Anderson is the author of the Newbery Honor Book Elf Dog and Owl Head, illustrated by Junyi Wu; the National Book Award winner The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party and Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, which were both Michael L. Printz Honor Books; the National Book Award Finalist Feed; the National Book Award Finalist The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, cocreated with Eugene Yelchin; Yvain: The Knight of the Lion, illustrated by Andrea Offermann; Symphony for the City of the Dead; Landscape with Invisible Hand; and many other books for children and young adults. M. T. Anderson lives near Boston, Massachusetts.