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Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times best-selling American children's author. She has written 50 books for children, including the multiple-award-winning Library Lion, the Trelian middle grade fantasy trilogy, and the Evil Librarian young adult horror/comedy/romance trilogy. Knudsen graduated from Cornell University and received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She currently teaches in Lesley University's MFA program in creative writing. Biography Michelle Knudsen is a New York Times best-selling author of 50 books for young readers, including board books, picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. Her best-known book to date is the award-winning picture book Library Lion, which has been translated into fourteen languages, is currently being performed as a musical stage production in Israel and South Africa, and was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Best Children's Books of All Time. She is also the author of the Trelian trilogy of fantasy novels (The Dragon of Trelian, The Princess of Trelian, and The Mage of Trelian) and the Evil Librarian trilogy of young adult novels, the first of which was awarded the 2015 Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. Michelle also works as a freelance editor and writing teacher, and is a member of the Writing for Young People MFA faculty at Lesley University. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. Bibliography Young adult novels Evil Librarian (2014) Revenge of the Evil Librarian (2017) Curse of the Evil Librarian (2019) Middle grade novels The Dragon of Trelian (2009) The Princess of Trelian (2012) The Mage of Trelian (2016) Chapter books She Persisted: Nellie Bly (2021) Trade picture books Library Lion, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (2006) Argus, illustrated by Andréa Wesson (2011) Big Mean Mike, illustrated by Scott Magoon (2012) Marilyn's Monster, illustrated by Matt Phelan (2015) Short stories "The Bridge to Highlandsville" in the MG anthology I Fooled You (2010) Beginning readers Raymond Briggs' The Snowman (1999) Dinosaur Days: Road to Writing (2001) Colorful Chameleons! (2001) Cat Hat (2001) Hit or Myth: Road to Writing (2001) The Case of Vampire Vivian (2003) A Slimy Story (2004) Fish and Frog (2005) Carl the Complainer (2005) A Moldy Mystery (2006) Bugged! (2008) Smart Shark (2017) Board books & novelty Noah's Ark (1999) Valentine's Day (2001) Love (2001) Happy Halloween (2001) Merry Christmas (2001) Easter Basket (2002) Easter Egg (2002) Happy Easter! (2003) Princess Party (2003) Fairy Friends (2003) Mother's Day Ribbons (2005) Hearts and Kisses (2006) Easter Fun (2006) Mass market picture books Angel Babies Old MacDonald's Farm Autumn Is for Apples (2001) Winter Is for Snowflakes (2003) Coloring & activity books Godzilla: Monster Coloring Fun! (1998) Godzilla: Adventures to Color! (1998) Godzilla: Monster Coloring, Puzzles, and Codes! (1998) Godzilla: Monster Coloring, Mazes, and Games! (1998) Star Wars Episode I: Heroes and Villains Coloring Book (1999) Star Wars Episode I: Anakin's Adventures to Color (1999) Star Wars Episode I: Jar Jar's Coloring Fun (1999) Star Wars Episode I: Galactic Puzzles and Games (1999) Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Missions to Color (1999) Star Wars Episode I: Droids, Creatures, and Vehicles Coloring Book (1999) Awards Library Lion One of Time magazine's 100 Best Children's Books of All Time Junior Library Guild Selection. NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association): 2007 Picture Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Books of 2006 Amazon.com Best Picture Book of 2006 Time of Wonder Award from the Maine Discovery Museum Book Sense Book of the Year Children's Illustrated Honor Book Publishers Weekly Cuffie Award Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2007 Platinum Award Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year Child Magazine's Best Children's Book Award Winter 2006–2007 Book Sense Children's Picks List Selection 2006 Wilde Picture Book Award Irma S. and James H. Black Honor Book Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Honor Book (2008-2009) Patricia Gallagher Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee (2011) The Sakura Medal (2008) Nebraska Golden Sower Award (2008-2009) Norfolk Libraries' Children's Choice Award (2008) Show Me Readers Award Nominee (2008-2009) Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee (2009) South Carolina Picture Book Award nominee (2008-2009) ABC Best Books for Children Catalog Selection Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee (2008) Utah Beehive Picture Book Award nominee (2008) Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award Master List (2008-2009) Montana Treasure State Award winner (2009) Big Mean Mike Junior Library Guild Selection Amazon.com Best Book of the Year Eric Carle Museum Picture Book of Distinction (2012) Irma S. and James H. Black Award winner (2013) CBC Children's Book Council Children's Choice Book Award finalist (2013) Mississippi Magnolia Award winner (2014) Wisconsin Golden Archer Award winner (2014) Marilyn's Monster Junior Library Guild Selection NPR's Best Books of 2015 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection (2016) WSRA Children's Literature Committee Picture This! Selection (2016) Evil Librarian Sid Fleischman Award for Humor (2015) YALSA 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults New England Book Show Winner (2015) Green Mountain Book Award Master List (2015-2016) The Dragon of Trelian VOYA Top Shelf Fiction, Middle School Readers Summer 2009 Kids’ Indie Next List selection Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List (2010-2011) SCBWI 2016 Summer Reading List References External links Author website. Discover the Michelle Knudsen Kevin Hawkes popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Michelle Knudsen Kevin Hawkes books.
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His Girl Next Door
Khardine GrayFrom USA Today Bestselling author Khardine Gray comes a sizzling hot single dad romance you won't want to miss. No strings attached fun with the ubergorgeous single d...
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldAn Apple Books Classics edition. The Roaring Twenties are in full effect in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s riveting classic. Manabouttown Jay Gatsby seems to have it all, including loads of...
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The Three Little Pigs
Mark LeskyClassic fairy tales, legends and folk stories in short version without violence retold with lovely illustrations in simple language. Perfect for reading aloud to small chi...
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Dream Psychology
Sigmund FreudAn Apple Books Classic edition. Written by the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s 1899 book is the definitive text on learning to interpret dreams. Freud’s groundbr...
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Hard Love
Peyton BanksHe was football royalty. Legendary quarterback. A champion.  Reiner Strickland had led his team to three national championships and playing a knight in shining armor was a...
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You Are Kind
Michael GordonA little kindness goes a long way. How can you help encourage your kids to be kind from a young age? Teach kindness to preschoolers Acts of kindness can be fun, easy, and make a ...
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Dark Psychology and Manipulation
Margaret MorrisonTHE MENTAL MANIPULATOR WILL NO LONGER KEEP SECRETS FROM YOU! Are you fed up with the wool being pulled over your eyes?Are you prepared to stand up to those who believe they can man...
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School of Potential
W.J. MayUSA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May brings you a continuation of the international bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan! Come back and enjoy the famous characters, or ...
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Assisting the Bosshole
Kristin MacQueenNo hot water? Check Missed the train? Check Broke my heel? Check Dropped my coffee? Check My first day of my new job can’t possibly go worse, right? Wrong. When I meet Parker Scott...
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The Holy Bible - King James Version
King JamesHoly Bible King James Version Few Sample Paragraphs from The Holy Bible eBook, Genesis (OT) 1 Gen. 1 IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was with...
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Whiskey Girl
Melissa BelleThey'll do anything for each other…except commit. Logan Wild isn’t just the hottest broncriding cowboy in Texas. He’s also my best friendwith benefits. And that’s all we’ll ev...
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The Stoic Mind
Addy Osmani & GoLimitlesssDiscover the timeless wisdom of Stoicism in a modern context with "The Stoic Mind," an enlightening visual guide by Addy Osmani and GoLimitlesss. This rich exploration co...
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The Target
Lexy TimmsWhen you seek revenge be sure to dig two graves… Revenge was the only thing I had going for me. It kept me awake at night and drove me into desperate situations in dive bars across...
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Nothing to Hide
Scarlett FinnPrize of a lifetime: travel the world with a celebrity billionaire. Come to LA with us, Roxie… It will be so much fun! We have tickets for a latenight talk show! What could possibl...
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Meditations
Emperor of Rome Marcus AureliusMeditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy.
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Never Enough
Lexy TimmsBe good enough never is... Anthony Accardi is a man on a mission: make his father's watch company a success while bringing in millions of dollars. To do that, he needs an assi...
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel HawthorneAn Apple Books Classic edition. Hester Prynne lives in infamy. After committing adultery and bearing a child with a man whose name she refuses to divulge, the heroine of Nathaniel ...
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Death at Hazel House
Betty Rowlands‘Riveting, can't put it down! I love this story… a wonderfully twisted tale of a crime that has more twists than I thought possible... fantastic.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ...
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Always Yours
Claire RayeSome things are just meant to be... Ellen Somerville and Will McIntyre met by accident and under unusual circumstances. Getting sprayed by a skunk in a parking lot wouldn’t normall...
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Law of Attraction
Jordan HollisHow to Finally Overcome the Hurdles of Manifesting Proven, effective and enjoyable ways to help you manifest faster… Right now, think of something that makes you successful. If you...
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Enemies With Benefits
Roxie NoirI don’t love him. I don’t even like him. I just want him. Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to...
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Alpha
Sybil BartelBillionaire. Mercenary. Navy SEAL. The Teams trained me to be a killer. War taught me to be ruthless. Then an illfated mission proved I was human. Combat wounded, cut loose by the ...
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Rogue Alpha
Kimber WhiteOne touch made her crave him. But the pull of fate could be the path to ruin. College student Laura Prince lands a plum internship deep in the Michigan wilderness. When she discove...
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Tempting the King
Jessa YorkAn escaped Mafia Queen, hiding from her past. A Mafia King who wants to claim her… Giselle They think I'm lostbut I know better. I can never be found. The path I've creat...
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Silver Santa
Lacey SilksTrapped together on Christmas, their unintended onenight stand becomes a lifechanging encounter amidst the snow. Laura Young's professional role as a security guard at the Sil...
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Christmas in Sweetbriar Cove
Melody GraceCelebrate the holidays in Sweetbriar Cove with this festive romance collection, containing two sizzling smalltown holiday stories perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey, Sophie Kinsella...
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The Art of War
Sun TzuAn Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BChundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters ex...
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Teased by Fire
Molly O'HareFrom USA Today bestselling author Molly O’Hare comes an enemiestolovers, older brother’s best friend, romantic comedy with a curvy, antisocial, supernaturalobsessed, allyearround h...
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The Seduction Series Boxset
Roxy Sloane“Sensual, thrilling and wild!”   Discover the bestselling series in one collection: THE SEDUCTION, THE BARGAIN, and THE INVITATION. Perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Sierra S...
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The Icing on the Cake
Linda SeedShe’s a baker without a kitchen. He’s got a double oven to spare. It’s a recipe for success, until his mother starts stirring up trouble … Cassie Jordan has a sweet dream to open a...
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Good Guy
Kate MeaderHe's a Special Forces veteran making his pro hockey debut. She's a dogged sports reporter determined to get a scoop. She's also his best friend's widow . . . Fa...
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Eternal
W.J. MayShe will fight for what is hers. When the king is murdered, Katerina, his only daughter, must flee for her life. She finds herself on a strange and dangerous path. Alone for the fi...
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A Green Kind of Witch
Sierra CrossCinderella crossed with Mean Girls.   That's what Hazel's daily existence feels like. Born to a family of elegant yet shallow Beige Witches, seventeen y...
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All Fired Up
Kathryn ShayCaptain Jarek Zenko, a war veteran and firefighter, meets Lacey Roth at a bar one night. They don’t share their real identities, even when they retreat to a hotel. When they meet t...
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Awaken Me
Jenna JacobHe was more than a ghost haunting my dreams…he was real. By day, I’m Julianna Garrett …a prim, proper accountant. By night, I’m tormented by dreams of an alpha, ambereyed Adonis wh...
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Noxious
Lexy TimmsStop setting yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. Brady and Levi have been together since high school, since before he became famous and started thinking only about himself....
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre DumasAn Apple Books Classic edition. Alexandre Dumas’ classic paints a portrait of Edmond Dantès, a dark and calculating man who is willing to wait years to exact his perfect plan for r...
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Escape, A New Life
David J AntocciTo save herself, she had to lose everything. Trapped in a tropical paradise with no memory of how she got there, Abby is thrust into a fight for her life. Hunted by a madman, and c...
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Wuthering Heights
Emily BrontëAn Apple Books Classic edition. If you’ve only ever seen Wuthering Heights on screen, you may have an image of Catherine and Heathcliff as the ultimate starcrossed lovers. But that...
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Holy Bible
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe 2013 edition of the Holy Bible contains all of the study aids contained in the 1979 edition and includes revisions to the study aids, several new photos, updated maps, and adju...
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Salvation
Meghan O'FlynnIf you like mouthy detectives, serial killers, and suspenseful mysteries that don't quit, this chilling and actionpacked hardboiled detective series has you covered! Try this ...
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Little Women
Louisa May AlcottAn Apple Books Classic edition. Meet the Marches! Louisa May Alcott’s classic introduces us to four unforgettable sisters: beautiful Meg, tomboyish Jo, delicate Beth, and Amy, the ...
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Finding Cinderella
Colleen Hoover#1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends With Us writes a free novella about the search for happily ever after. A chance encounter in the dark leads ei...
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane AustenAn Apple Books Classic edition. Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possessio...
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Inception of Gold
Lexy TimmsThings are not as bad as they seem. They are worse. Being the personal assistant to a narcissistic actress who just happens to own the key to my family's undoing isn't ex...
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The Cupcake Cottage
Jean OramNHL player Maverick Blades could fall in love with anyone... But he had to fall for a woman who falls under the Bro Code as untouchablehis best friend’s beautiful ex, DaisyMae Ray....
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My Paper Heart
Magan VernonOne piece of paper can change everything After my parents received the letter I failed out of college, they didn't ask questions. They just sent me to work for my great aunt i...
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Caught Up with the Captain
Kait NolanCan a retired naval commander and the love he left behind overcome a 34yearold secret to find their way to a second chance? Captain Mitchell Greyson is a man who believes in duty. ...
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Think and Grow Rich
Greg Habstritt & Napoleon HillThink and Grow Rich is one of the most popular success book of alltime, having sold more than 60 million copies since it was first published more than 70...
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Coffee Girl
Sophie SinclairMackenzie "Kiki" Forbes finds herself in a pickle. Either become her snarky sister's nanny, or move halfway across the country to work as assistanttothestylist of a ...