Michelle Knudsen is the New York Times best-selling author of 50+ books for children and teens, including the award-winning Library Lion (one of Time magazine’s 100 Best Children's Books of All Time). Her novels include The Dragon of Trelian (VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers) and Evil Librarian (YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults; Sid Fleischman Humor Award). Her newest books are Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten (illus. Kevin Hawkes) and the middle grade fantasy adventure novel Into the Wild Magic. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with three humans, two cats, and one snake.