Born:
 1968
Boston, Massachusetts,

Current Home:
Boston, Massachusetts,

M T Anderson

Biography

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MT Anderson is an accomplished writer who has written a wide variety of titles, including works of fantasy and satire for a range of ages. Anderson grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated in English literature at Harvard University and Cambridge University, and went on to receive his MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University.

Before becoming a writer, Anderson held several other jobs, some of which he has used as inspiration for his writing. He worked as a burger flipper, a department store cashier and a radio DJ. His previous novels have included Thirsty, a vampire novel, Burger Wuss, a fast food revenge book and Feed, a futuristic satirical novel. Feed was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the L.A. Times Book Award for YA fiction in 2003. It was additionally a finalist for the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Anderson has also written a number of children’s picture books.

Anderson’s most current work, published by Scholastic Press in 2004, is titled The Game of Sunken Places. Main characters Brian and Gregory go to stay at a distant relative’s home and stumble upon an old board game called The Game of Sunken Places. It is a board game that mirrors a greater game in which they have suddenly become players. While playing, the boys encounter, among other things, attitudinal trolls and warring kingdoms. The Game of Sunken Places is filled with creative, fantasy characters and an adventurous, imaginative plot.

MT Anderson currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  The Game of Sunken Places by M.T. Anderson When Brian and Gregory receive an invitation to visit a distant relative's strange home, they should know better, right? But they go anyway, armed only with their wit, sense of adventure, and deadpan observation style. Your independent reader is sure to love the droll way the boys deal with trolls, kingdoms, and the mysterious board game for which they've suddenly become players. Page Turners Laced with dry humor and irony, this mystery builds vocabulary $16.95 Hardcover Book | Grades 4-7

  
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