M.T. T. Anderson

M.T. Anderson, a recent member of the faculty, has been nominated for the award twice in the last five years.

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M.T. Anderson studied English literature at Harvard and Cambridge universities, and is currently on the faculty at Vermont College's MFA Program in Writing for Children.His previous young adult novels are Thirsty (1998) and Burger Wuss (1999).He has a strong interest in classical music, having published many classical music reviews and articles, as well as a biography titled Handel Who Knew What He Liked (2001).He lives in Boston.

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The finalists for this year's National Book Award in Young People's Literature are M.T. Anderson for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume I: The Pox Party, published by Candlewick Press; Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death, published by Front Street Books, a division of Boyds Mills Press; Patricia McCormick for Sold, published by Hyperion; Nancy Werlin, for The Rules of Survival published by Dial Books, a division of Penguin Putnam; and Gene Yang, for American Born Chinese, published by First Second, a division of Roaring Brook Press.
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And the winner of the National Book Award in Young People's Literature is M. T. Anderson for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing.

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M.T. Anderson: Thank you.
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M.T. Anderson is the author of several books for children and young adults, including FEED, which was a Finalist for the National Book Award in 2002 and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.