page_title: Matthew Tobin Anderson
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caption_attribution_description: English: Author M.T. Anderson at the 2015 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, United States. Anderson won the 2006 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his book The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I. He won the 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature for his book Feed.
context_page_description: Matthew Tobin Anderson, known as M.T. Anderson, is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston. Anderson is known for using wit and sarcasm in his stories, as well as advocating that young adults are capable of mature comprehension.
context_section_description: Matthew Tobin Anderson, known as M.T. Anderson (born November 4, 1968), is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston. Anderson is known for using wit and sarcasm in his stories, as well as advocating that young adults are capable of mature comprehension.
caption: Anderson at the 2015 Texas Book Festival
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